ἀμνησία

See also: αμνησία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ μιμνῄσκω (mimnḗiskō) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.nɛː.sí.aː/ → /am.niˈsi.a/ → /am.niˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.nɛː.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /am.ne̝ˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /am.niˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /am.niˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /am.niˈsi.a/

Noun

ἀμνησία • (amnēsía) f (genitive ἀμνησίᾱς); first declension

1. (rare) forgetfulness

   Synonym: λήθη (lḗthē)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀμνησίᾱ; τῆς ἀμνησίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀμνησίᾱ hē amnēsíā	τὼ ἀμνησίᾱ tṑ amnēsíā	αἱ ἀμνησίαι hai amnēsíai
Genitive	τῆς ἀμνησίᾱς tês amnēsíās	τοῖν ἀμνησίαιν toîn amnēsíain	τῶν ἀμνησιῶν tôn amnēsiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀμνησίᾳ têi amnēsíāi	τοῖν ἀμνησίαιν toîn amnēsíain	ταῖς ἀμνησίαις taîs amnēsíais
Accusative	τὴν ἀμνησίᾱν tḕn amnēsíān	τὼ ἀμνησίᾱ tṑ amnēsíā	τᾱ̀ς ἀμνησίᾱς tā̀s amnēsíās
Vocative	ἀμνησίᾱ amnēsíā	ἀμνησίᾱ amnēsíā	ἀμνησίαι amnēsíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: amnesia
• → French: amnésie
• Greek: αμνησία (amnisía)

Further reading

• “ἀμνησία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀμνησία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀμνησία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμνησία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)