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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μνάομαι (mnáomai, “to be mindful of, remember”) + -μη (-mē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mnɛ̌ː.mɛː/ → /ˈmni.mi/ → /ˈmni.mi/
Noun
μνήμη • (mnḗmē) f (genitive μνήμης); first declension
- memory, remembrance
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “μνήμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μνήμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μνήμη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G3420 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- allusion idem, page 25.
- commemoration idem, page 147.
- gratitude idem, page 371.
- impression idem, page 423.
- memory idem, page 524.
- mention idem, page 524.
- mind idem, page 530.
- name idem, page 550.
- recollection idem, page 680.
- remembrance idem, page 693.
- retrospect idem, page 708.
- tradition idem, page 885.
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek μνήμη (mnḗmē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmnimi/
- Hyphenation: μνή‧μη
Noun
μνήμη • (mními) f (plural μνήμες)
- memory
- remembrance
- reminiscence
Declension
Synonyms
Antonyms
- αμνημόνευτος (amnimóneftos, “immemorial”, adjective)
- αμνημοσύνη f (amnimosýni, “forgetfulness”)
- αμνήμων f (amnímon, “forgetful”)
- αμνησία f (amnisía, “amnesia”)
- αμνησικακία f (amnisikakía, “forgiveness”)
- αμνησίκακος (amnisíkakos, “forgiving”, adjective)
- αμνηστία f (amnistía, “amnesty”)
- μνήμα n (mníma, “tomb”)
- μνημείο n (mnimeío, “memorial, monument”)