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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Mi-nēr'vā, n.

noun

n. [Lat., O. Lat. Menerva, from the root men, Skr. man, to think.] (Rom. Myth.) The goddess of wisdom, of war, and of the liberal arts.

A standing figure of Minerva, wearing a helmet and holding a spear and shield.
Minerva (from an an- cient statue).