μιμνήσκω

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From Proto-Indo-European *mi-mn̥h₂-sḱe-, from the root *men- with inchoative suffix -σκω (-skō). Cognates include μνάομαι (mnáomai, to be mindful), Sanskrit अम्नासिषु (amnāsiṣu), मम्नौ (mamnau, remember, repeat in the mind, perfect).

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μῐμνήσκω (mimnḗskō)

  1. (active voice)
    1. (transitive) to remind [+accusative and genitive = someone of something], put in mind
    2. (transitive) to recall something to memory, to make famous
  2. (middle and passive voices)
    1. (transitive) to call to mind, remember [+genitive or less commonly accusative = something, someone]
      1. to remember [+infinitive = that ...]
      2. (after Homer) to remember [+participle = doing]
      3. (intransitive) to bear in mind, to not forget
    2. (transitive) to remember aloud, to mention [+genitive = something]
    3. (transitive) to give heed to [+genitive = someone]

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