ἀμνηστία

See also: αμνηστία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἀμνηστῐ́η (amnēstĭ́ē) — Ionic

Etymology

From ᾰ̓́μνηστος (ắmnēstos, “forgotten, forgetful”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract noun suffix), ultimately from μνάομαι (mnáomai, “remember”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱ • (ămnēstĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. forgetfulness
    1. (and especially) an amnesty
  2. failure to mention (a thing), passing (it) over

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱ
hē ămnēstĭ́ā 		τὼ ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱ
tṑ ămnēstĭ́ā 		αἱ ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́αι
hai ămnēstĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱς
tês ămnēstĭ́ās 		τοῖν ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́αιν
toîn ămnēstĭ́ain 		τῶν ᾰ̓μνηστῐῶν
tôn ămnēstĭôn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾳ
tēî ămnēstĭ́āi 		τοῖν ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́αιν
toîn ămnēstĭ́ain 		ταῖς ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́αις
taîs ămnēstĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱν
tḕn ămnēstĭ́ān 		τὼ ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱ
tṑ ămnēstĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s ămnēstĭ́ās
Vocative ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱ
ămnēstĭ́ā 		ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱ
ămnēstĭ́ā 		ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́αι
ămnēstĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

References

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