ἀνάμνησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀνα- (ana-) +‎ μιμνῄσκω (mimnḗiskō, “call to mind”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.nám.nɛː.sis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈnam.ne̝.sis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈnam.ni.sis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈnam.ni.sis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈnam.ni.sis/

Noun

ᾰ̓νάμνησῐς • (anámnēsis) f (genitive ᾰ̓ναμνήσεως); third declension

calling to mind, reminiscence
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 72e:
  Καὶ μήν, ἔφη ὁ Κέβης ὑπολαβών, καὶ κατʼ ἐκεῖνόν γε τὸν λόγον, ὦ Σώκρατες, εἰ ἀληθής ἐστιν, ὃν σὺ εἴωθας θαμὰ λέγειν, ὅτι ἡμῖν ἡ μάθησις οὐκ ἄλλο τι ἢ ἀνάμνησις τυγχάνει οὖσα, καὶ κατὰ τοῦτον ἀνάγκη που ἡμᾶς ἐν προτέρῳ τινὶ χρόνῳ μεμαθηκέναι ἃ νῦν ἀναμιμνῃσκόμεθα.
  Kaì mḗn, éphē ho Kébēs hupolabṓn, kaì katʼ ekeînón ge tòn lógon, ô Sṓkrates, ei alēthḗs estin, hòn sù eíōthas thamà légein, hóti hēmîn hē máthēsis ouk állo ti ḕ anámnēsis tunkhánei oûsa, kaì katà toûton anánkē pou hēmâs en protérōi tinì khrónōi memathēkénai hà nûn anamimnēiskómetha.
  “And besides,” Cebes rejoined, “if it is true, Socrates, as you are fond of saying, that our learning is nothing else than recollection, then this would be an additional argument that we must necessarily have learned in some previous time what we now remember.”
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Philebus 34b:
  Μνήμης δὲ ἀνάμνησιν ἆρ᾽ οὐ διαφέρουσαν λέγομεν;
  But do we not say that memory differs from recollection?
memorial sacrifice
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Numbers 10.10:
  Καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῆς εὐφροσύνης ὑμῶν καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἑορταῖς ὑμῶν καὶ ἐν ταῖς νουμηνίαις ὑμῶν σαλπιεῖτε ταῖς σάλπιγξιν ἐπὶ τοῖς ὁλοκαυτώμασιν καὶ ἐπὶ ταῖς θυσίαις τῶν σωτηρίων ὑμῶν, καὶ ἔσται ὑμῖν ἀνάμνησις ἔναντι τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν· ἐγὼ κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.
  Kaì en taîs hēmérais tês euphrosúnēs humôn kaì en taîs heortaîs humôn kaì en taîs noumēníais humôn salpieîte taîs sálpinxin epì toîs holokautṓmasin kaì epì taîs thusíais tôn sōtēríōn humôn, kaì éstai humîn anámnēsis énanti toû theoû humôn; egṑ kúrios ho theòs humôn.
  And in the days of your gladness, and in your feasts, and in your new moons, ye shall sound with the trumpets at your whole-burnt-offerings, and at the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and there shall be a memorial for you before your God: I the Lord your God.
- 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 22:19:
  Καὶ λαβὼν ἄρτον, εὐχαριστήσας ἔκλασεν, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς, λέγων, Tοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ σῶμά μου, τὸ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν διδόμενον· τοῦτο ποιεῖτε εἰς τὴν ἐμὴν ἀνάμνησιν.
  Kaì labṑn árton, eukharistḗsas éklasen, kaì édōken autoîs, légōn, Toûtó estin tò sômá mou, tò hupèr humôn didómenon; toûto poieîte eis tḕn emḕn anámnēsin.
  And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓νάμνησῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓ναμνήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓νάμνησῐς hē anámnēsis	τὼ ᾰ̓ναμνήσει tṑ anamnḗsei	αἱ ᾰ̓ναμνήσεις hai anamnḗseis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓ναμνήσεως tês anamnḗseōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓ναμνησέοιν toîn anamnēséoin	τῶν ᾰ̓ναμνήσεων tôn anamnḗseōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓ναμνήσει têi anamnḗsei	τοῖν ᾰ̓ναμνησέοιν toîn anamnēséoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓ναμνήσεσῐ / ᾰ̓ναμνήσεσῐν taîs anamnḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓νάμνησῐν tḕn anámnēsin	τὼ ᾰ̓ναμνήσει tṑ anamnḗsei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ναμνήσεις tā̀s anamnḗseis
Vocative	ᾰ̓νάμνησῐ anámnēsi	ᾰ̓ναμνήσει anamnḗsei	ᾰ̓ναμνήσεις anamnḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Czech: anamnéza
→ Dutch: anamnese
→ English: anamnesis
→ Finnish: anamneesi
→ French: anamnèse
→ German: Anamnese
Greek: ανάμνηση (anámnisi)
→ Indonesian: anamnese
→ Italian: anamnesi
→ Latin: anamnesis
→ Polish: anamneza
→ Portuguese: anamnese
→ Russian: анамнез (anamnez)
→ Serbo-Croatian: анамнеза, anamneza
→ Slovak: anamnéza
→ Spanish: anamnesis

Ancient Greek

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