μέριμνα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *mérimnā, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to remember”).

Cognate with μέρμερος (mérmeros, “anxious”), Old English mimor (“mindful, remembering”) and Latin memor (“mindful”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μέριμνᾰ • (mérimna) f (genitive μερίμνης); first declension

  1. care, thought, solicitude
    1. object of care or thought
    2. pursuit, ambition
    3. anxious mind, anxiety

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μέριμνᾰ; τῆς μερίμνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μέριμνᾰ
hē mérimna 		τὼ μερίμνᾱ
tṑ merímnā 		αἱ μέριμναι
hai mérimnai
Genitive τῆς μερίμνης
tês merímnēs 		τοῖν μερίμναιν
toîn merímnain 		τῶν μεριμνῶν
tôn merimnôn
Dative τῇ μερίμνῃ
têi merímnēi 		τοῖν μερίμναιν
toîn merímnain 		ταῖς μερίμναις
taîs merímnais
Accusative τὴν μέριμνᾰν
tḕn mérimnan 		τὼ μερίμνᾱ
tṑ merímnā 		τᾱ̀ς μερίμνᾱς
tā̀s merímnās
Vocative μέριμνᾰ
mérimna 		μερίμνᾱ
merímnā 		μέριμναι
mérimnai
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