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WordInfo
Morphology
Lemmata
Forms: mena (data provider: donatus-sup), mene (data provider: donatus-sup)
Dictionary
Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Ména, s. f.
1. labour, work, business, task, employment;2. condition, state, manner, nature, quality, kind. Mi disse, or va e vedi la lor —,he told me, now go and see their condition.Menadíto (A), adv. exactly, perfectly (used with such verbs as conoscere, sapere, &c.).
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mena: the behauiour, motion, condition, fashion, or cariage of a man. Also a cackrell-fish, because it maketh them that eate of it laxatiue, which in Sommer is black, and in winter white. Also a kind of weight. Also any secret practise, plot, compl<*>t, or conspiracie secretly managed.