αμνησία
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See also: ἀμνησία
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía), semantic loan from French amnésie, from Ancient Greek privative ἀ- (a-) + stem μνη- of verb μιμνῄσκω (mimnḗiskō, “remind”) + suffix for abstract feminine nouns -σία (-sía)[1][2]
Noun
αμνησία • (amnisía) f (plural αμνησίες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | αμνησία (amnisía) | αμνησίες (amnisíes) |
| genitive | αμνησίας (amnisías) | αμνησιών (amnisión) |
| accusative | αμνησία (amnisía) | αμνησίες (amnisíes) |
| vocative | αμνησία (amnisía) | αμνησίες (amnisíes) |
Related terms
- αμεριμνησία f (amerimnisía, “unconcern”)
- αμνημοσύνη f (amnimosýni, “forgetfulness”)
- αμνησία f (amnisía, “amnesia”) (also psychiatry)
- δυσμνησία f (dysmnisía, “dysmnesia”) (psychiatry)
- παραμνησία f (paramnisía, “paramnesia”) (psychiatry)
- υπερμνησία f (ypermnisía, “hypermnesia”) (psychiatry)
- and see: μνήμη f (mními, “memory”)
Further reading
αμνησία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
References
- ^ αμνησία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ αμνησία - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre