μέμονα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *memóne, from *men- (“to think”); cognate with Latin meminī (“to remember”) and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌽 (munan, “to think, reckon”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mé.mo.na/ → /ˈme.mo.na/ → /ˈme.mo.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mé.mo.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme.mo.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.mo.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.mo.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈme.mo.na/

Verb

μέμονᾰ • (mémona)

1. to be minded or inclined
2. to be eager
3. to hasten

Conjugation

   Perfect: μέμονα (present meaning)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	μέμονα	μέμονας	μέμονε(ν)	μέμᾰτον	μέμᾰτον	μέμᾰμεν	μέμᾰτε	μέμᾱσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive
	optative
	imperative			μεμάτω	μέμᾰτον	μεμάτων		μέμᾰτε
		active
infinitive		μεμονέναι, μεμάμεν
participle	m	μεμᾰώς
	f	μεμᾰυῖα
	n	μεμᾰός
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Pluperfect: μεμόνειν (imperfect meaning)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	μεμόνειν, μεμόνη	μεμόνεις, μεμόνης	μεμόνει(ν)	μέμᾰτον	μεμάτην	μέμᾰμεν	μέμᾰτε	μέμᾰσαν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Related terms

• μέμαα (mémaa)

Further reading

• μέμαα and “μέμονα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μάω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “μέμονα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press