μνημεῖον

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From μνήμη (mnḗmē, memory) +‎ -εῖον (-eîon), from μνᾰ́ομαι (mnáomai, I am mindful of) +‎ -μη (-mē).

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Noun

μνημεῖον (mnēmeîonn (genitive μνημείου); second declension

  1. any memorial, remembrance, record of a person or thing
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.135.3:
      ἐπεθύμησε γὰρ Ῥοδῶπις μνημήιον ἑωυτῆς ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι καταλιπέσθαι
      epethúmēse gàr Rhodôpis mnēmḗion heōutês en têi Helládi katalipésthai
      For Rhodopis desired to leave a memorial of herself in Greece.
  2. memorial of a dead person; a monument
    • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 933:
      οἶμαι μάλιστ᾽ ἔγωγε τοῦ τεθνηκότος μνημεῖ᾽ Ὀρέστου ταῦτα προσθεῖναί τινα
      oîmai málist᾽ égōge toû tethnēkótos mnēmeî᾽ Oréstou taûta prostheînaí tina
      Most likely, I think, someone placed those gifts in memory of the dead Orestes.

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Descendants

  • Greek: μνημείο (mnimeío)

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