μνήμων

See also: μνημών and μνημῶν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μνᾱ́μων (mnā́mōn) — Doric

Etymology

From the root of μνάομαι (mnáomai) +‎ -μων (-mōn); compare μνήμη (mnḗmē, “memory”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mnɛ̌ː.mɔːn/ → /ˈmni.mon/ → /ˈmni.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mnɛ̌ː.mɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmne̝.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmni.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmni.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmni.mon/

Adjective

μνήμων • (mnḗmōn) m or f (neuter μνῆμον); third declension

1. mindful [with genitive ‘of’]
2. ever-mindful, unforgetting
3. having a good memory
4. (nominalized, masculine plural) municipal officers, recorders

Declension

Third declension of μνήμων; μνῆμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μνήμων mnḗmōn	μνῆμον mnêmon		μνήμονε mnḗmone	μνήμονε mnḗmone		μνήμονες mnḗmones	μνήμονᾰ mnḗmona
Genitive		μνήμονος mnḗmonos	μνήμονος mnḗmonos		μνημόνοιν mnēmónoin	μνημόνοιν mnēmónoin		μνημόνων mnēmónōn	μνημόνων mnēmónōn
Dative		μνήμονῐ mnḗmoni	μνήμονῐ mnḗmoni		μνημόνοιν mnēmónoin	μνημόνοιν mnēmónoin		μνήμοσῐ / μνήμοσῐν mnḗmosi(n)	μνήμοσῐ / μνήμοσῐν mnḗmosi(n)
Accusative		μνήμονᾰ mnḗmona	μνῆμον mnêmon		μνήμονε mnḗmone	μνήμονε mnḗmone		μνήμονᾰς mnḗmonas	μνήμονᾰ mnḗmona
Vocative		μνῆμον mnêmon	μνῆμον mnêmon		μνήμονε mnḗmone	μνήμονε mnḗmone		μνήμονες mnḗmones	μνήμονᾰ mnḗmona
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		μνημόνως mnēmónōs			μνημονέστερος mnēmonésteros			μνημονέστᾰτος mnēmonéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἱερομνήμων (hieromnḗmōn)
• μνημονεύω (mnēmoneúō)
• μνημονικός (mnēmonikós)
• μνημοσύνη (mnēmosúnē)

 

Further reading

• “μνήμων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μνήμων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μνήμων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “μνήμων”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “μνήμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • grateful idem, page 370.
  • implacable idem, page 421.
  • memory idem, page 524.
  • mindful idem, page 530.
  • observant idem, page 567.
  • recording idem, page 681.
  • remembering idem, page 692.
  • retentive idem, page 706.
  • revengeful idem, page 709.
  • tenacious idem, page 861.
  • thankful idem, page 863.
  • unforgetful idem, page 918.
  • unforgiving idem, page 918.
  • unrelenting idem, page 929.
  • vengeful idem, page 947.
  • vindictive idem, page 952.