Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Minerva \Mi*ner"va\, n. [L.] (Rom. Myth.)
   The goddess of wisdom, of war, of the arts and sciences, of
   poetry, and of spinning and weaving; -- identified with the
   Grecian Pallas Athene.

Source : WordNet®

Minerva
     n : (Roman mythology) goddess of wisdom; counterpart of Greek
         Athena