μνάομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mneh₂- (“to remind”), which is generally thought to be a root extension of *men- (“to remember, mind”). The term may be more specifically derived from Proto-Indo-European *mnéh₂-ye-tor, which itself may be the source of Sanskrit mnāyate. However, Beekes argues that the term was probably secondarily formed after the aorist μνησάμην (mnēsámēn). According to the LIV, it may also be explained as a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *mnéh₂-ti, whence also perhaps Luwian [script needed] (manāti) and Sanskrit manati (“remember, repeat in the mind”).

Compare μαίνομαι (maínomai), μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō), as well as Sanskrit मन्यते (mányate), Sanskrit म्ना (mnā), 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

Usage notes

• The term is only used in the present and imperfect, excluding the Epic aorist form μνήσατο (mnḗsato).
• The Epic second-person singular present active form μνάᾳ (mnáāi) and the participle μνωόμενος (mnōómenos) are attested.
• The Ionic participle forms μνώμενος (mnṓmenos) and μνεώμενος (mneṓmenos) are attested. The Ionic imperfect form μνώοντο (mnṓonto), imperative form μνώεο (mnṓeo), and the optative μνώοιο (mnṓoio) are also attested.

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.

   Imperfect: μνᾰόμην (Epic, uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/passive	indicative	μνᾰόμην	μνᾰ́εο, μνᾰ́ευ	μνᾰ́ετο	μνᾰ́εσθον	μνᾰέσθην	μνᾰόμε(σ)θᾰ	μνᾰ́εσθε	μνᾰ́οντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: μνώμην (Epic, contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/passive	indicative	μνώμην	μνῶ	μνᾶτο	μνᾶσθον	μνᾱ́σθην	μνώμε(σ)θᾰ	μνᾶσθε	μνῶντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: μνασκόμην (Ionic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/passive	indicative	μνασκόμην	μνάσκεο, μνάσκευ	μνάσκετο	μνάσκεσθον	μνασκέσθην	μνασκόμεθᾰ	μνάσκεσθε	μνάσκοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: μνησᾰ́μην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	μνησᾰ́μην	μνήσω	μνήσᾰτο	μνήσᾰσθον	μνησᾰ́σθην	μνησᾰ́μεθᾰ	μνήσᾰσθε	μνήσᾰντο
	subjunctive	μνήσωμαι	μνήσηαι	μνήσηται	μνήσησθον	μνήσησθον	μνησώμεθᾰ	μνήσησθε	μνήσωνται
	optative	μνησαίμην	μνήσαιο	μνήσαιτο	μνήσαισθον	μνησαίσθην	μνησαίμεθᾰ	μνήσαισθε	μνήσαιντο
	imperative		μνῆσαι	μνησᾰ́σθω	μνήσᾰσθον	μνησᾰ́σθων		μνήσᾰσθε	μνησᾰ́σθων
					middle
infinitive					μνήσᾰσθαι
participle	m				μνησᾰ́μενος
	f				μνησᾰμένη
	n				μνησᾰ́μενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Synonyms

• μιμνῄσκω (mimnēískō)

Derived terms

• Ἀείμνηστος (Aeímnēstos)
• ἀμνημονέω (amnēmonéō)
• ἀμνημοσύνη (amnēmosúnē)
• ἀμνήμων (amnḗmōn)
• ἀμνησία (amnēsía)
• ἀμνηστέω (amnēstéō)
• ἀμνηστία (amnēstía)
• ἄμνηστος (ámnēstos)
• Ἀρίμνηστος (Arímnēstos)
• Μνασέας (Mnaséas)
• μνῆμα (mnêma)
• μνημάδιον (mnēmádion)
• μνηματίτης (mnēmatítēs)
• μνημεῖον (mnēmeîon)
• μνήμενος (mnḗmenos)
• μνήμη (mnḗmē)
• μνημονεύω (mnēmoneúō)
• μνημονικός (mnēmonikós)
• μνημοσύνη (mnēmosúnē)
• μνημόσυνον (mnēmósunon)
• μνήμων (mnḗmōn)
• Μνήσαρχος (Mnḗsarkhos)
• μνησιδωρέω (mnēsidōréō)
• μνησίθεος (mnēsítheos)
• Μνησίθεος (Mnēsítheos)
• μνησικακέω (mnēsikakéō)
• μνησικακία (mnēsikakía)
• Μνησικλῆς (Mnēsiklês)
• Μνῆσος (Mnêsos)
• μνηστεία (mnēsteía)
• μνήστειρα (mnḗsteira)
• μνηστεύω (mnēsteúō)
• μνηστήρ (mnēstḗr)
• μνῆστις (mnêstis)
• μνῆστρον (mnêstron)
• μνηστύς (mnēstús)
• μνηστώρ (mnēstṓr)
• πολυμνηστός (polumnēstós)
• προμνάομαι (promnáomai)

Further reading

• “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
• μνάομαι, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011