Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄμνηστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄμνηστος ἄμνηστη ἄμνηστον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + μνηστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mna/omai

Sense

  1. unremembered

Examples

  • ἐγὼ μέντοι οὔτε τάφον ἐθεασάμην ἐν Ῥώμῃ Πάλλαντοσ οὔτε χοὰσ ἔμαθον ἐπιτελουμένασ οὔτε ἄλλο τῶν τοιουτοτρόπων οὐδὲν ἠδυνήθην ἰδεῖν, καίτοι γε οὐκ ἀμνήστου τῆσ οἰκίασ ταύτησ ἀφειμένησ οὐδ’ ἀμοίρου τιμῶν αἷσ τὸ δαιμόνιον γένοσ ὑπ’ ἀνθρώπων γεραίρεται. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 32 2:1)

Derived

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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