μνῆμα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μνᾶμα (mnâma) — Doric
Etymology
From μνάομαι (mnáomai) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mnɛ̂ː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmne̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmni.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmni.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmni.ma/
Noun
μνῆμα • (mnêma) n (genitive μνήμᾰτος); third declension
- memorial, remembrance, record of a person or thing
- mound or building in honour of the dead
- memorial dedicated to a god
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μνῆμᾰ tò mnêmă |
τὼ μνήμᾰτε tṑ mnḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ μνήμᾰτᾰ tằ mnḗmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μνήμᾰτος toû mnḗmătos |
τοῖν μνημᾰ́τοιν toîn mnēmắtoin |
τῶν μνημᾰ́των tôn mnēmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μνήμᾰτῐ tōî mnḗmătĭ |
τοῖν μνημᾰ́τοιν toîn mnēmắtoin |
τοῖς μνήμᾰσῐ / μνήμᾰσῐν toîs mnḗmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μνῆμᾰ tò mnêmă |
τὼ μνήμᾰτε tṑ mnḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ μνήμᾰτᾰ tằ mnḗmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μνῆμᾰ mnêmă |
μνήμᾰτε mnḗmăte |
μνήμᾰτᾰ mnḗmătă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: μνήμα (mníma)
Further reading
- “μνῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μνῆμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette