μνάομαι

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

 

Verb

μνάομαι • (mnáomai)

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

Inflection

   Present: μνᾰ́ομαι (Uncontracted)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive 		indicative μνᾰ́ομαι μνᾰ́ῃ,
μνᾰ́ει 		μνᾰ́εται μνᾰ́εσθον μνᾰ́εσθον μνᾰόμεθᾰ μνᾰ́εσθε μνᾰ́ονται
subjunctive μνᾰ́ωμαι μνᾰ́ῃ μνᾰ́ηται μνᾰ́ησθον μνᾰ́ησθον μνᾰώμεθᾰ μνᾰ́ησθε μνᾰ́ωνται
optative μνᾰοίμην μνᾰ́οιο μνᾰ́οιτο μνᾰ́οισθον μνᾰοίσθην μνᾰοίμεθᾰ μνᾰ́οισθε μνᾰ́οιντο
imperative   μνᾰ́ου μνᾰέσθω μνᾰ́εσθον μνᾰέσθων   μνᾰ́εσθε μνᾰέσθων
middle/passive
infinitive μνᾰ́εσθαι
participle m μνᾰόμενος
f μνᾰομένη
n μνᾰόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Present: μνῶμαι (Contracted)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive 		indicative μνῶμαι μνᾷ μνᾶται μνᾶσθον μνᾶσθον μνώμεθᾰ μνᾶσθε μνῶνται
subjunctive μνῶμαι μνᾷ μνᾶται μνᾶσθον μνᾶσθον μνώμεθᾰ μνᾶσθε μνῶνται
optative μνῴμην μνῷο μνῷτο μνῷσθον μνῴσθην μνῴμεθᾰ μνῷσθε μνῷντο
imperative   μνῶ μνᾱ́σθω μνᾶσθον μνᾱ́σθων   μνᾶσθε μνᾱ́σθων
middle/passive
infinitive μνᾶσθαι
participle m μνώμενος
f μνωμένη
n μνώμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: ἐμνᾰόμην (Uncontracted)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive 		indicative ἐμνᾰόμην ἐμνᾰ́ου ἐμνᾰ́ετο ἐμνᾰ́εσθον ἐμνᾰέσθην ἐμνᾰόμεθᾰ ἐμνᾰ́εσθε ἐμνᾰ́οντο
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: ἐμνώμην (Contracted)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive 		indicative ἐμνώμην ἐμνῶ ἐμνᾶτο ἐμνᾶσθον ἐμνᾱ́σθην ἐμνώμεθᾰ ἐμνᾶσθε ἐμνῶντο
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

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References

  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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