μνήμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μνάομαι (mnáomai, “to be mindful of, remember”) +‎ -μη (-mē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mnɛ̌ː.mɛː/ → /ˈmni.mi/ → /ˈmni.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mnɛ̌ː.mɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmne̝.me̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmni.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmni.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmni.mi/

Noun

μνήμη • (mnḗmē) f (genitive μνήμης); first declension

1. memory, remembrance

Declension

First declension of ἡ μνήμη; τῆς μνήμης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μνήμη hē mnḗmē	τὼ μνήμᾱ tṑ mnḗmā	αἱ μνῆμαι hai mnêmai
Genitive	τῆς μνήμης tês mnḗmēs	τοῖν μνήμαιν toîn mnḗmain	τῶν μνημῶν tôn mnēmôn
Dative	τῇ μνήμῃ têi mnḗmēi	τοῖν μνήμαιν toîn mnḗmain	ταῖς μνήμαις taîs mnḗmais
Accusative	τὴν μνήμην tḕn mnḗmēn	τὼ μνήμᾱ tṑ mnḗmā	τᾱ̀ς μνήμᾱς tā̀s mnḗmās
Vocative	μνήμη mnḗmē	μνήμᾱ mnḗmā	μνῆμαι mnêmai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μνημεῖον (mnēmeîon)

Descendants

• Greek: μνήμη (mními)

References

• “μνήμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μνήμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μνήμη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G3420 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • allusion idem, page 25.
  • commemoration idem, page 147.
  • gratitude idem, page 371.
  • impression idem, page 423.
  • memory idem, page 524.
  • mention idem, page 524.
  • mind idem, page 530.
  • name idem, page 550.
  • recollection idem, page 680.
  • remembrance idem, page 693.
  • retrospect idem, page 708.
  • tradition idem, page 885.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek μνήμη (mnḗmē).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmnimi/

Hyphenation: μνή‧μη

Noun

μνήμη • (mními) f (plural μνήμες)

1. memory
2. remembrance
3. reminiscence

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	μνήμη (mními)	μνήμες (mnímes)
genitive	μνήμης (mnímis)	μνημών (mnimón)
accusative	μνήμη (mními)	μνήμες (mnímes)
vocative	μνήμη (mními)	μνήμες (mnímes)

Synonyms

• (memory): ανάμνηση f (anámnisi)
• (memory): θύμηση f (thýmisi)

Antonyms

• αμνησία f (amnisía)
• λήθη f (líthi)
• λησμονιά f (lismoniá)

Related terms

• αμνημόνευτος (amnimóneftos, “immemorial”, adjective)
• αμνημοσύνη f (amnimosýni, “forgetfulness”)
• αμνήμων f (amnímon, “forgetful”)
• αμνησία f (amnisía, “amnesia”)
• αμνησικακία f (amnisikakía, “forgiveness”)
• αμνησίκακος (amnisíkakos, “forgiving”, adjective)
• αμνηστία f (amnistía, “amnesty”)
• μνήμα n (mníma, “tomb”)
• μνημείο n (mnimeío, “memorial, monument”)