English → Latin
“mint” in Latin
mentathe mint (plant)monētamint, a place for coining money; money, coinage; abbreviation of monētārius (“moneyer, minter”), in its various formssignōto mark, sign; to seal, stamp; to statuecūdōto strike, beat, pound, knock; to stamp, coin (money)feriōto hit, to strike, to smite, to beat, to knock, injure; to cut, to thrust; to kill by striking, to slay, to give a deathaurumgold (as mineral or metal); gold (colour); any object made of gold, such as a gold coin or a gold ringargentumsilver (metal, element); a silver thingnummusa coin, piece of moneyfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough); to touch, touch gently, stroke, stroke gently, handle; to adorn, dress, arrangecōnfingōto form, fashion, fabricate; to invent, devise, feign, pretend
The English word mint itself goes back to Latin monēta.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mint
A plant, mentha (Plin.).
A place where money is coined, moneta (Cic.). Masters of the mint, triumviri monetales.
mint v.
PROP., signare (Cic.), cudere (Plaut.), ferire (Plin.), aurum, argentum (Cic.); nummos (Plaut.). Figuratively, to invent, fingere; confingere; comminisci.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mint?
- The usual Latin words for “mint” are menta, monēta, signō; also cūdō, feriō, aurum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.