μίμνω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stay”). Cognates include Hittite 𒈪𒅎𒈠𒄿 (mi-im-ma-i /⁠mimmai⁠/, “to refuse, decline”).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

μίμνω • (mímnō)

  1. to stay
  2. to wait for

Conjugation

   Present: μῐ́μνω, μῐ́μνομαι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative μῐ́μνω μῐ́μνεις μῐ́μνει μῐ́μνετον μῐ́μνετον μῐ́μνομεν μῐ́μνετε μῐ́μνουσῐ(ν)
subjunctive μῐ́μνω μῐ́μνῃς μῐ́μνῃ μῐ́μνητον μῐ́μνητον μῐ́μνωμεν μῐ́μνητε μῐ́μνωσῐ(ν)
optative μῐ́μνοιμῐ μῐ́μνοις μῐ́μνοι μῐ́μνοιτον μῐμνοίτην μῐ́μνοιμεν μῐ́μνοιτε μῐ́μνοιεν
imperative   μῐ́μνε μῐμνέτω μῐ́μνετον μῐμνέτων   μῐ́μνετε μῐμνόντων
middle/
passive 		indicative μῐ́μνομαι μῐ́μνῃ,
μῐ́μνει 		μῐ́μνεται μῐ́μνεσθον μῐ́μνεσθον μῐμνόμεθᾰ μῐ́μνεσθε μῐ́μνονται
subjunctive μῐ́μνωμαι μῐ́μνῃ μῐ́μνηται μῐ́μνησθον μῐ́μνησθον μῐμνώμεθᾰ μῐ́μνησθε μῐ́μνωνται
optative μῐμνοίμην μῐ́μνοιο μῐ́μνοιτο μῐ́μνοισθον μῐμνοίσθην μῐμνοίμεθᾰ μῐ́μνοισθε μῐ́μνοιντο
imperative   μῐ́μνου μῐμνέσθω μῐ́μνεσθον μῐμνέσθων   μῐ́μνεσθε μῐμνέσθων
active middle/passive
infinitive μῐ́μνειν μῐ́μνεσθαι
participle m μῐ́μνων μῐμνόμενος
f μῐ́μνουσᾰ μῐμνομένη
n μῐ́μνον μῐμνόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: ἔμῐμνον, ἐμῐμνόμην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἔμῐμνον ἔμῐμνες ἔμῐμνε(ν) ἐμῐ́μνετον ἐμῐμνέτην ἐμῐ́μνομεν ἐμῐ́μνετε ἔμῐμνον
middle/
passive 		indicative ἐμῐμνόμην ἐμῐ́μνου ἐμῐ́μνετο ἐμῐ́μνεσθον ἐμῐμνέσθην ἐμῐμνόμεθᾰ ἐμῐ́μνεσθε ἐμῐ́μνοντο
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: μῐ́μνον, μῐμνόμην (Epic)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative μῐ́μνον μῐ́μνες μῐ́μνε(ν) μῐ́μνετον μῐμνέτην μῐ́μνομεν μῐ́μνετε μῐ́μνον
middle/
passive 		indicative μῐμνόμην μῐ́μνου μῐ́μνετο μῐ́μνεσθον μῐμνέσθην μῐμνόμε(σ)θᾰ μῐ́μνεσθε μῐ́μνοντο
Notes:
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: μῐ́μνᾰσκον, μῐμνᾰσκόμην (Epic)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative μῐ́μνᾰσκον μῐ́μνᾰσκες μῐ́μνᾰσκε(ν) μῐμνᾰ́σκετον μῐμνᾰσκέτην μῐμνᾰ́σκομεν μῐμνᾰ́σκετε μῐ́μνᾰσκον
middle/
passive 		indicative μῐμνᾰσκόμην μῐμνᾰ́σκου μῐμνᾰ́σκετο μῐμνᾰ́σκεσθον μῐμνᾰσκέσθην μῐμνᾰσκόμε(σ)θᾰ μῐμνᾰ́σκεσθε μῐμνᾰ́σκοντο
Notes:
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

See μένω (ménō) for other tenses.

Further reading

  • “μίμνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • μίμνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • μίμνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “μίμνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “μίμνω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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