μνῆμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μνᾶμα (mnâma) — Doric

Etymology

From μνάομαι (mnáomai) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mnɛ̂ː.ma/ → /ˈmni.ma/ → /ˈmni.ma/

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

Noun

μνῆμα • (mnêma) n (genitive μνήμᾰτος); third declension

1. memorial, remembrance, record of a person or thing
2. mound or building in honour of the dead
3. memorial dedicated to a god

Declension

Third declension of τὸ μνῆμᾰ; τοῦ μνήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μνῆμᾰ tò mnêmă	τὼ μνήμᾰτε tṑ mnḗmăte	τᾰ̀ μνήμᾰτᾰ tằ mnḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ μνήμᾰτος toû mnḗmătos	τοῖν μνημᾰ́τοιν toîn mnēmắtoin	τῶν μνημᾰ́των tôn mnēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ μνήμᾰτῐ tôi mnḗmătĭ	τοῖν μνημᾰ́τοιν toîn mnēmắtoin	τοῖς μνήμᾰσῐ / μνήμᾰσῐν toîs mnḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ μνῆμᾰ tò mnêmă	τὼ μνήμᾰτε tṑ mnḗmăte	τᾰ̀ μνήμᾰτᾰ tằ mnḗmătă
Vocative	μνῆμᾰ mnêmă	μνήμᾰτε mnḗmăte	μνήμᾰτᾰ mnḗmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: μνήμα (mníma)

Further reading

• “μνῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μνῆμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette