μνημοσύνη

See also: Μνημοσύνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μνᾱμοσύνᾱ (mnāmosúnā) — Doric, Aeolic

Etymology

From μνήμων (mnḗmōn, “remembering”) +‎ -σύνη (-súnē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mnɛː.mo.sý.nɛː/ → /mni.moˈsy.ni/ → /mni.moˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mnɛː.mo.sý.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mne̝.moˈsy.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mni.moˈsy.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mni.moˈsy.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mni.moˈsi.ni/

Noun

μνημοσῠ́νη • (mnēmosúnē) f (genitive μνημοσῠ́νης); first declension

1. memory

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μνημοσῠ́νη; τῆς μνημοσῠ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μνημοσῠ́νη hē mnēmosúnē	τὼ μνημοσῠ́νᾱ tṑ mnēmosúnā	αἱ μνημοσῠ́ναι hai mnēmosúnai
Genitive	τῆς μνημοσῠ́νης tês mnēmosúnēs	τοῖν μνημοσῠ́ναιν toîn mnēmosúnain	τῶν μνημοσῠνῶν tôn mnēmosunôn
Dative	τῇ μνημοσῠ́νῃ têi mnēmosúnēi	τοῖν μνημοσῠ́ναιν toîn mnēmosúnain	ταῖς μνημοσῠ́ναις taîs mnēmosúnais
Accusative	τὴν μνημοσῠ́νην tḕn mnēmosúnēn	τὼ μνημοσῠ́νᾱ tṑ mnēmosúnā	τᾱ̀ς μνημοσῠ́νᾱς tā̀s mnēmosúnās
Vocative	μνημοσῠ́νη mnēmosúnē	μνημοσῠ́νᾱ mnēmosúnā	μνημοσῠ́ναι mnēmosúnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Μνημοσύνη (Mnēmosúnē, “Mnemosyne”)

Further reading

• “μνημοσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μνημοσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “μνημοσύνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μνημοσύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μνημοσύνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963