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- proper noun A title of the goddess
Juno , who became the patron of coining.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Money: derived from the Latin "moneta" which originally meant "warning" (as Juno Moneta was the goddess of warning).
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But even on the Capitol, temples as grand as Juno Moneta were in sad need of fresh paint.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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But even on the Capitol, temples as grand as Juno Moneta were in sad need of fresh paint.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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The unpurdonable preemp - son of all of her of yourn, by Juno Moneta!
Finnegans Wake 2006
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A priest of the Temple of Juno Moneta peered out from the sanctum suspiciously.
Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998
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Juno Moneta had in ancient times assumed responsibility for the Mint and for the patronage of Roman commerce — an early instance of the female sex taking over the housekeeping purse.
Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998
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Above was the Arx of the Capitol and the temple of Juno Moneta, where the mint was housed.
The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990
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The other peak was occupied by a large temple of Juno Moneta ( "the Adviser"), which served as the mint.
Early European History Hutton Webster
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However the dictator, both because they had commenced hostilities without provocation, and presented themselves to the contest without reluctance, considering that the aid of the gods should also be engaged, vowed a temple to Juno Moneta in the heat of the battle, and when he returned victorious to Rome, obliged by his vow, he resigned his dictatorship.
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius
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She had also a temple on the Arx, in which she was worshipped as Juno Moneta, or the {43} warning goddess.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens
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