Mnemosyne

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μνημοσύνη (Mnēmosúnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪˈmɒ.sɪ.ni/, /nɪˈmɒ.zɪ.ni/

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Proper noun

Mnemosyne

1. (Greek mythology) A Titaness and the personification of thought, intellect and memory. She is the daughter of Gaia and Uranus, and the mother of the Muses by Zeus.
2. (astronomy) 57 Mnemosyne, a main belt asteroid.

Derived terms

• zenosyne

Translations

Titaness

• French: Mnémosyne (fr) f
• German: Mnemosyne (de) f
• Greek: Μνημοσύνη (el) f (Mnimosýni)

  Ancient: Μνημοσύνη f (Mnēmosúnē)

• Hungarian: Mnémoszüné f
• Inuktitut: ᒻᓂᒧᓰᓂ (mnimosiini)
• Italian: Mnemosine f
• Japanese: ムネーモシュネー (Munēmoshunē)
• Polish: Mnemosyne (pl) f
• Portuguese: Mnemosine f, Mnemósine f
• Russian: Мнемози́на (ru) f (Mnemozína), Мнемоси́на (ru) f (Mnemosína)
• Spanish: Mnemosina (es) f, Mnemósine f
• Swahili: Mnemosine

Asteroid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 憶神星／忆神星 (Yìshénxīng), 記神星／记神星, 龍女星／龙女星

Portuguese

Proper noun

Mnemosyne f

1. Archaic spelling of Mnemosine.