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μνημοσύνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μνημοσύνη μνημοσύνης

Structure: μνημοσυν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. memory

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πρὸ πάντων δὲ Μνημοσύνην καὶ τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτῆσ Πολύμνιαν ἵλεων ἔχειν αὐτῇ πρόκειται, καὶ μεμνῆσθαι πειρᾶται ἁπάντων. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 36:1)
  • αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα Οὐρανῷ εὐνηθεῖσα τέκ’ Ὠκεανὸν βαθυδίνην, Κοῖόν τε Κρῖόν θ’ Ὑπερίονά τ’ Ιἀπετόν τε Θείαν τε Ῥείαν τε Θέμιν τε Μνημοσύνην τε Φοίβην τε χρυσοστέφανον Τηθύν τ’ ἐρατεινήν. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 13:7)
  • λῆστισ δὲ ἐκτήκει μνημοσύνην πραπίδων νοῦσ δὲ παρέσφαλται· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 41 1:3)
  • πάντων δὲ μάλιστα τὴν μνήμην τῶν παίδων ἀσκεῖν καὶ συνεθίζειν αὕτη γὰρ ὥσπερ τῆσ παιδείασ ἐστὶ ταμιεῖον, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο μητέρα τῶν Μουσῶν ἐμυθολόγησαν εἶναι τὴν Μνημοσύνην, αἰνιττόμενοι καὶ παραδηλοῦντεσ ὅτι οὕτωσ οὐδὲν γεννᾶν καὶ τρέφειν ὡσ ἡ μνήμη πέφυκε. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 13 8:4)
  • Μνημοσύνην μὲν πρῶτα θεῶν ἐγέραιρεν ἀοιδῇ, μητέρα Μουσάων· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 46:12)

Synonyms

  1. memory

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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