μνησιπήμων
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From μνήσιος (mnḗsios, “of memory”) (from the root of μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō, “remind”)) + πῆμα (pêma, “misery”) + -μων (-mōn).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mnɛː.si.pɛ̌ː.mɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mne̝.siˈpe̝.mon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mni.siˈpi.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mni.siˈpi.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mni.siˈpi.mon/
Adjective
[edit]μνησῐπήμων • (mnēsipḗmōn) m or f (neuter μνησῐπῆμον); second declension
- reminding of misery
- μνησιπήμων πόνος ― mnēsipḗmōn pónos ― painful memory
- 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 179–183:
- στάζει δ’ ἔν θ’ ὕπνῳ πρὸ καρδίας μνησιπήμων πόνος: καὶ παρ’ ἄκοντας ἦλθε σωφρονεῖν.
δαιμόνων δέ που χάρις βίαιος σέλμα σεμνὸν ἡμένων.- stázei d’ én th’ húpnōi prò kardías mnēsipḗmōn pónos: kaì par’ ákontas êlthe sōphroneîn.
daimónōn dé pou kháris bíaios sélma semnòn hēménōn. - Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.
- stázei d’ én th’ húpnōi prò kardías mnēsipḗmōn pónos: kaì par’ ákontas êlthe sōphroneîn.
- English translation recited by Robert Kennedy, 1968[1], while announcing the assassination of Martin Luther King.
More translations @perseus.tufts.edu
- στάζει δ’ ἔν θ’ ὕπνῳ πρὸ καρδίας μνησιπήμων πόνος: καὶ παρ’ ἄκοντας ἦλθε σωφρονεῖν.
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | μνησῐπήμων mnēsipḗmōn |
μνησῐπῆμον mnēsipêmon |
μνησῐπήμονε mnēsipḗmone |
μνησῐπήμονε mnēsipḗmone |
μνησῐπήμονες mnēsipḗmones |
μνησῐπήμονᾰ mnēsipḗmona | ||||||||
Genitive | μνησῐπήμονος mnēsipḗmonos |
μνησῐπήμονος mnēsipḗmonos |
μνησῐπημόνοιν mnēsipēmónoin |
μνησῐπημόνοιν mnēsipēmónoin |
μνησῐπημόνων mnēsipēmónōn |
μνησῐπημόνων mnēsipēmónōn | ||||||||
Dative | μνησῐπήμονῐ mnēsipḗmoni |
μνησῐπήμονῐ mnēsipḗmoni |
μνησῐπημόνοιν mnēsipēmónoin |
μνησῐπημόνοιν mnēsipēmónoin |
μνησῐπήμοσῐ / μνησῐπήμοσῐν mnēsipḗmosi(n) |
μνησῐπήμοσῐ / μνησῐπήμοσῐν mnēsipḗmosi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | μνησῐπήμονᾰ mnēsipḗmona |
μνησῐπῆμον mnēsipêmon |
μνησῐπήμονε mnēsipḗmone |
μνησῐπήμονε mnēsipḗmone |
μνησῐπήμονᾰς mnēsipḗmonas |
μνησῐπήμονᾰ mnēsipḗmona | ||||||||
Vocative | μνησῐπῆμον mnēsipêmon |
μνησῐπῆμον mnēsipêmon |
μνησῐπήμονε mnēsipḗmone |
μνησῐπήμονε mnēsipḗmone |
μνησῐπήμονες mnēsipḗmones |
μνησῐπήμονᾰ mnēsipḗmona | ||||||||
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References
[edit]- ^ video@youtube 0'41'' Robert Kennedy, 1968, recites Aeschylus. retr:2018.12.26.
Further reading
[edit]- “μνησιπήμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μνησιπήμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peh₁-
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μων
- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
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