μνημονικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μνήμων (mnḗmōn, “remembering”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós, “relative to”); μνήμων (mnḗmōn) from μνάομαι (mnáomai, “to be mindful, remember”) (from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to mind; to think”)) + -μων (-mōn, suffix forming adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mnɛː.mo.ni.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mne̝.mo.niˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mni.mo.niˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mni.mo.niˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mni.mo.niˈkos/

Adjective

μνημονῐκός • (mnēmonikós) m (feminine μνημονῐκή, neuter μνημονῐκόν); first/second declension

pertaining to remembrance or memory, memorial

Inflection

First and second declension of μνημονῐκός; μνημονῐκή; μνημονῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	μνημονῐκός mnēmonikós	μνημονῐκή mnēmonikḗ	μνημονῐκόν mnēmonikón	μνημονῐκώ mnēmonikṓ	μνημονῐκᾱ́ mnēmonikā́	μνημονῐκώ mnēmonikṓ	μνημονῐκοί mnēmonikoí	μνημονῐκαί mnēmonikaí	μνημονῐκᾰ́ mnēmoniká
Genitive	μνημονῐκοῦ mnēmonikoû	μνημονῐκῆς mnēmonikês	μνημονῐκοῦ mnēmonikoû	μνημονῐκοῖν mnēmonikoîn	μνημονῐκαῖν mnēmonikaîn	μνημονῐκοῖν mnēmonikoîn	μνημονῐκῶν mnēmonikôn	μνημονῐκῶν mnēmonikôn	μνημονῐκῶν mnēmonikôn
Dative	μνημονῐκῷ mnēmonikôi	μνημονῐκῇ mnēmonikêi	μνημονῐκῷ mnēmonikôi	μνημονῐκοῖν mnēmonikoîn	μνημονῐκαῖν mnēmonikaîn	μνημονῐκοῖν mnēmonikoîn	μνημονῐκοῖς mnēmonikoîs	μνημονῐκαῖς mnēmonikaîs	μνημονῐκοῖς mnēmonikoîs
Accusative	μνημονῐκόν mnēmonikón	μνημονῐκήν mnēmonikḗn	μνημονῐκόν mnēmonikón	μνημονῐκώ mnēmonikṓ	μνημονῐκᾱ́ mnēmonikā́	μνημονῐκώ mnēmonikṓ	μνημονῐκούς mnēmonikoús	μνημονῐκᾱ́ς mnēmonikā́s	μνημονῐκᾰ́ mnēmoniká
Vocative	μνημονῐκέ mnēmoniké	μνημονῐκή mnēmonikḗ	μνημονῐκόν mnēmonikón	μνημονῐκώ mnēmonikṓ	μνημονῐκᾱ́ mnēmonikā́	μνημονῐκώ mnēmonikṓ	μνημονῐκοί mnēmonikoí	μνημονῐκαί mnēmonikaí	μνημονῐκᾰ́ mnēmoniká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	μνημονῐκῶς mnēmonikôs			μνημονῐκώτερος mnēmonikṓteros			μνημονῐκώτᾰτος mnēmonikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: mnēmonicus
- → English: mnemonic
- → Catalan: mnemònic
- → Czech: mnemonický
- → Dutch: mnemonisch
- → Esperanto: mnemonika
- → French: mnémonique
- → German: mnemonisch
- → Portuguese: mnemónico, mnemônico
- → Spanish: mnemónico
→ Russian: мнемони́ческий (mnemoníčeskij)