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munus

Pronunciation: [ˈmuː.nʊs]

“munus” is a Latin word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a service, office, employment
  2. a burden, duty, obligation
  3. a service, favor
  4. a spectacle, public show
  5. a public building made at the expense of an individual
  6. a reward or payment
  7. a gift

In Latin

  1. Res, quae alicui datur et quam reddere illi necesse non est.

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *moinos. Like mūnia (“duties”), it is derived from Proto-Indo-European *moy-nós, from *mey- (“change, swap”). As is the case with such derivatives as "municipality", and "immunity", the concept of trading goods and services in a way that conforms to a society's laws is quite pertinent to this term. From the addition of the "com-" prefix came commūnis (“common, public”), which is…

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