ἀμνησία
See also: αμνησία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
As if from *ἄμνητος (ámnētos) ("forgetful") + -ίᾱ (-íā), from ἀ- (a-) + μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō) + -τος (-tos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /am.nɛː.sí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /am.ne̝ˈsi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /am.niˈsi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /am.niˈsi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /am.niˈsi.a/
Noun
ἀμνησία • (amnēsía) f (genitive ἀμνησίᾱς); first declension
- (rare) forgetfulness
- Synonym: λήθη (lḗthē)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἀμνησίᾱ hē amnēsíā |
τὼ ἀμνησίᾱ tṑ amnēsíā |
αἱ ἀμνησίαι hai amnēsíai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀμνησίᾱς tês amnēsíās |
τοῖν ἀμνησίαιν toîn amnēsíain |
τῶν ἀμνησιῶν tôn amnēsiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀμνησίᾳ tēî amnēsíāi |
τοῖν ἀμνησίαιν toîn amnēsíain |
ταῖς ἀμνησίαις taîs amnēsíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀμνησίᾱν tḕn amnēsíān |
τὼ ἀμνησίᾱ tṑ amnēsíā |
τᾱ̀ς ἀμνησίᾱς tā̀s amnēsíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀμνησίᾱ amnēsíā |
ἀμνησίᾱ amnēsíā |
ἀμνησίαι amnēsíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “ἀμνησία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀμνησία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀμνησία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀμνησία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)