monetalis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mŏnētālis, e, adj. [moneta],

of or belonging to the mint; minted, coined (class.): triumviri monetales, the directors of the mint , Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 30.—In jest of one who asks for money: monetali ascripsi, quod ille ad me pro consule, the money-man , Cic. Att. 10, 11, 5: aurum, coined , Ap. Met. 7, 6, 16; pes monetalis, the Roman foot (because the standard was kept in the temple of Juno Moneta), Grom. Vet. p. 128, 2 sq.

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