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Latin
Etymology
See mūnus.
Pronunciation
Noun
moenus n (genitive moeneris); third declension
- Old Latin form of mūnus
c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE,
Lucretius,
De rerum natura 1.29–30:
- effice ut interea fera moenera militiai
per maria ac terras omnis sopita quiescant- effect, meanwhile, the savage works of war to quiet, having been lulled to sleep over all seas and lands
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