μνήμων
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μνᾱ́μων (mnā́mōn) — Doric
Etymology
From the root of μνάομαι (mnáomai) + -μων (-mōn); compare μνήμη (mnḗmē, “memory”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mnɛ̌ː.mɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmne̝.mon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmni.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmni.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmni.mon/
Adjective
μνήμων • (mnḗmōn) m or f (neuter μνῆμον); third declension
- mindful [with genitive ‘of’]
- ever-mindful, unforgetting
- having a good memory
- (nominalized, masculine plural) municipal officers, recorders
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | μνήμων mnḗmōn |
μνῆμον mnêmon |
μνήμονε mnḗmone |
μνήμονε mnḗmone |
μνήμονες mnḗmones |
μνήμονᾰ mnḗmonă | ||||||||
| Genitive | μνήμονος mnḗmonos |
μνήμονος mnḗmonos |
μνημόνοιν mnēmónoin |
μνημόνοιν mnēmónoin |
μνημόνων mnēmónōn |
μνημόνων mnēmónōn | ||||||||
| Dative | μνήμονῐ mnḗmonĭ |
μνήμονῐ mnḗmonĭ |
μνημόνοιν mnēmónoin |
μνημόνοιν mnēmónoin |
μνήμοσῐ / μνήμοσῐν mnḗmosĭ(n) |
μνήμοσῐ / μνήμοσῐν mnḗmosĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | μνήμονᾰ mnḗmonă |
μνῆμον mnêmon |
μνήμονε mnḗmone |
μνήμονε mnḗmone |
μνήμονᾰς mnḗmonăs |
μνήμονᾰ mnḗmonă | ||||||||
| Vocative | μνῆμον mnêmon |
μνῆμον mnêmon |
μνήμονε mnḗmone |
μνήμονε mnḗmone |
μνήμονες mnḗmones |
μνήμονᾰ mnḗmonă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| μνημόνως mnēmónōs |
μνημονέστερος mnēmonésteros |
μνημονέστᾰτος mnēmonéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἱερομνήμων (hieromnḗmōn)
- μνημονεύω (mnēmoneúō)
- μνημονικός (mnēmonikós)
- μνημοσύνη (mnēmosúnē)
Further reading
- “μνήμων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μνήμων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μνήμων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- μνήμων, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “μνήμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- grateful idem, page 370.
- implacable idem, page 421.
- memory idem, page 524.
- mindful idem, page 530.
- observant idem, page 567.
- recording idem, page 681.
- remembering idem, page 692.
- retentive idem, page 706.
- revengeful idem, page 709.
- tenacious idem, page 861.
- thankful idem, page 863.
- unforgetful idem, page 918.
- unforgiving idem, page 918.
- unrelenting idem, page 929.
- vengeful idem, page 947.
- vindictive idem, page 952.