μνημονικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μνήμων (mnḗmōn, “remembering”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós, “relative to”); μνήμων (mnḗmōn) from μνάομαι (mnáomai, “to be mindful, remember”) (from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to mind; to think”)) + -μων (-mōn, suffix forming adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mnɛː.mo.ni.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mne̝.mo.niˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mni.mo.niˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mni.mo.niˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mni.mo.niˈkos/

Adjective

μνημονῐκός • (mnēmonĭkós) m (feminine μνημονῐκή, neuter μνημονῐκόν); first/second declension

pertaining to remembrance or memory, memorial

Inflection

First and second declension of μνημονῐκός; μνημονῐκή; μνημονῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	μνημονῐκός mnēmonĭkós	μνημονῐκή mnēmonĭkḗ	μνημονῐκόν mnēmonĭkón	μνημονῐκώ mnēmonĭkṓ	μνημονῐκᾱ́ mnēmonĭkā́	μνημονῐκώ mnēmonĭkṓ	μνημονῐκοί mnēmonĭkoí	μνημονῐκαί mnēmonĭkaí	μνημονῐκᾰ́ mnēmonĭkắ
Genitive	μνημονῐκοῦ mnēmonĭkoû	μνημονῐκῆς mnēmonĭkês	μνημονῐκοῦ mnēmonĭkoû	μνημονῐκοῖν mnēmonĭkoîn	μνημονῐκαῖν mnēmonĭkaîn	μνημονῐκοῖν mnēmonĭkoîn	μνημονῐκῶν mnēmonĭkôn	μνημονῐκῶν mnēmonĭkôn	μνημονῐκῶν mnēmonĭkôn
Dative	μνημονῐκῷ mnēmonĭkōî	μνημονῐκῇ mnēmonĭkēî	μνημονῐκῷ mnēmonĭkōî	μνημονῐκοῖν mnēmonĭkoîn	μνημονῐκαῖν mnēmonĭkaîn	μνημονῐκοῖν mnēmonĭkoîn	μνημονῐκοῖς mnēmonĭkoîs	μνημονῐκαῖς mnēmonĭkaîs	μνημονῐκοῖς mnēmonĭkoîs
Accusative	μνημονῐκόν mnēmonĭkón	μνημονῐκήν mnēmonĭkḗn	μνημονῐκόν mnēmonĭkón	μνημονῐκώ mnēmonĭkṓ	μνημονῐκᾱ́ mnēmonĭkā́	μνημονῐκώ mnēmonĭkṓ	μνημονῐκούς mnēmonĭkoús	μνημονῐκᾱ́ς mnēmonĭkā́s	μνημονῐκᾰ́ mnēmonĭkắ
Vocative	μνημονῐκέ mnēmonĭké	μνημονῐκή mnēmonĭkḗ	μνημονῐκόν mnēmonĭkón	μνημονῐκώ mnēmonĭkṓ	μνημονῐκᾱ́ mnēmonĭkā́	μνημονῐκώ mnēmonĭkṓ	μνημονῐκοί mnēmonĭkoí	μνημονῐκαί mnēmonĭkaí	μνημονῐκᾰ́ mnēmonĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	μνημονῐκῶς mnēmonĭkôs			μνημονῐκώτερος mnēmonĭkṓteros			μνημονῐκώτᾰτος mnēmonĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: mnēmonicus
- → English: mnemonic
- → Catalan: mnemònic
- → Czech: mnemonický
- → Dutch: mnemonisch
- → Esperanto: mnemonika
- → French: mnémonique
- → German: mnemonisch
- → Portuguese: mnemónico, mnemônico
- → Spanish: mnemónico
→ Russian: мнемони́ческий (mnemoníčeskij)