Μνημοσύνη

See also: μνημοσύνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μνημοσύνη (mnēmosúnē, “memory”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mnɛː.mo.sý.nɛː/ → /mni.moˈsy.ni/ → /mni.moˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mnɛː.mo.sý.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mne̝.moˈsy.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mni.moˈsy.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mni.moˈsy.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mni.moˈsi.ni/

Proper noun

Μνημοσῠ́νη • (Mnēmosúnē) f (genitive Μνημοσῠ́νης); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Mnemosyne, mother of the Muses

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μνημοσῠ́νη; τῆς Μνημοσῠ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μνημοσῠ́νη hē Mnēmosúnē
Genitive	τῆς Μνημοσῠ́νης tês Mnēmosúnēs
Dative	τῇ Μνημοσῠ́νῃ têi Mnēmosúnēi
Accusative	τὴν Μνημοσῠ́νην tḕn Mnēmosúnēn
Vocative	Μνημοσῠ́νη Mnēmosúnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μνημοσύνη (Mnimosýni)
• Latin: Mnēmosynē
  • English: Mnemosyne
• → Russian: Мнемози́на (Mnemozína)

Further reading

• “Μνημοσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press