Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *mneh₂- (to remind), which is generally thought to be a root extension of *men- (to remember, mind). Compare μαίνομαι (maínomai), μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō),[1] as well as Sanskrit मन्यते (mányate), Sanskrit म्ना (mnā), whence Sanskrit मनति (manati, remember, repeat in the mind), Old Church Slavonic мьнѣти (mĭněti) and Lithuanian miniu.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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μνάομαι (mnáomai)

  1. to be mindful, remember, come (have) in remembrance
  2. to woo, court

Usage notes

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Inflection

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μνάομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 960

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