μνάομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Compare μαίνομαι (maínomai), μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō), as well as Sanskrit मन्यते (mányate), Sanskrit म्ना (mnā), whence Sanskrit मनति (manati, “remember, repeat in the mind”), Old Church Slavonic мьнѣти (mĭněti) and Lithuanian miniu.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mná.o.mai̯/ → /ˈmna.o.mɛ/ → /ˈmna.o.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mná.o.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmna.o.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmna.o.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmna.o.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmna.o.me/

Verb

μνάομαι • (mnáomai)

1. to be mindful, remember, come (have) in remembrance
2. to woo, court

Inflection

   Present: μνᾰ́ομαι (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	μνᾰ́ομαι	μνᾰ́ῃ, μνᾰ́ει	μνᾰ́εται	μνᾰ́εσθον	μνᾰ́εσθον	μνᾰόμεθᾰ	μνᾰ́εσθε	μνᾰ́ονται
	subjunctive	μνᾰ́ωμαι	μνᾰ́ῃ	μνᾰ́ηται	μνᾰ́ησθον	μνᾰ́ησθον	μνᾰώμεθᾰ	μνᾰ́ησθε	μνᾰ́ωνται
	optative	μνᾰοίμην	μνᾰ́οιο	μνᾰ́οιτο	μνᾰ́οισθον	μνᾰοίσθην	μνᾰοίμεθᾰ	μνᾰ́οισθε	μνᾰ́οιντο
	imperative		μνᾰ́ου	μνᾰέσθω	μνᾰ́εσθον	μνᾰέσθων		μνᾰ́εσθε	μνᾰέσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						μνᾰ́εσθαι
participle	m					μνᾰόμενος
	f					μνᾰομένη
	n					μνᾰόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Present: μνῶμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	μνῶμαι	μνᾷ	μνᾶται	μνᾶσθον	μνᾶσθον	μνώμεθᾰ	μνᾶσθε	μνῶνται
	subjunctive	μνῶμαι	μνᾷ	μνᾶται	μνᾶσθον	μνᾶσθον	μνώμεθᾰ	μνᾶσθε	μνῶνται
	optative	μνῴμην	μνῷο	μνῷτο	μνῷσθον	μνῴσθην	μνῴμεθᾰ	μνῷσθε	μνῷντο
	imperative		μνῶ	μνᾱ́σθω	μνᾶσθον	μνᾱ́σθων		μνᾶσθε	μνᾱ́σθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						μνᾶσθαι
participle	m					μνώμενος
	f					μνωμένη
	n					μνώμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἐμνᾰόμην (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐμνᾰόμην	ἐμνᾰ́ου	ἐμνᾰ́ετο	ἐμνᾰ́εσθον	ἐμνᾰέσθην	ἐμνᾰόμεθᾰ	ἐμνᾰ́εσθε	ἐμνᾰ́οντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἐμνώμην (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐμνώμην	ἐμνῶ	ἐμνᾶτο	ἐμνᾶσθον	ἐμνᾱ́σθην	ἐμνώμεθᾰ	ἐμνᾶσθε	ἐμνῶντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Synonyms

• μιμνῄσκω (mimnḗiskō)

Derived terms

• Ἀείμνηστος (Aeímnēstos)
• ἀμνημονέω (amnēmonéō)
• ἀμνημοσύνη (amnēmosúnē)
• ἀμνήμων (amnḗmōn)
• ἀμνησία (amnēsía)
• ἀμνηστέω (amnēstéō)
• ἀμνηστία (amnēstía)
• ἄμνηστος (ámnēstos)
• Ἀρίμνηστος (Arímnēstos)
• Μνασέας (Mnaséas)
• μνῆμα (mnêma)
• μνήμη (mnḗmē)
• μνημοσύνη (mnēmosúnē)
• μνήμων (mnḗmōn)
• Μνήσαρχος (Mnḗsarkhos)
• μνησίθεος (mnēsítheos)
• Μνησίθεος (Mnēsítheos)
• Μνησικλῆς (Mnēsiklês)
• Μνῆσος (Mnêsos)
• μνηστήρ (mnēstḗr)

 

References

• “μνάομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μνάομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “μνάομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μνάομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μνάομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “μνάομαι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3415 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible