μνῆμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μνᾶμα (mnâma) — Doric

Etymology

From μνάομαι (mnáomai) + -μα (-ma)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mnɛ̂ː.ma/ → /ˈmni.ma/ → /ˈmni.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mnɛ̂ː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmne̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmni.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmni.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmni.ma/

Noun

μνῆμα • (mnêma) n (genitive μνήμᾰτος); third declension

1. memorial, remembrance, record of a person or thing
2. mound or building in honour of the dead
3. memorial dedicated to a god

Declension

Third declension of τὸ μνῆμᾰ; τοῦ μνήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μνῆμᾰ tò mnêma	τὼ μνήμᾰτε tṑ mnḗmate	τᾰ̀ μνήμᾰτᾰ tà mnḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ μνήμᾰτος toû mnḗmatos	τοῖν μνημᾰ́τοιν toîn mnēmátoin	τῶν μνημᾰ́των tôn mnēmátōn
Dative	τῷ μνήμᾰτῐ tôi mnḗmati	τοῖν μνημᾰ́τοιν toîn mnēmátoin	τοῖς μνήμᾰσῐ / μνήμᾰσῐν toîs mnḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ μνῆμᾰ tò mnêma	τὼ μνήμᾰτε tṑ mnḗmate	τᾰ̀ μνήμᾰτᾰ tà mnḗmata
Vocative	μνῆμᾰ mnêma	μνήμᾰτε mnḗmate	μνήμᾰτᾰ mnḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: μνήμα (mníma)

Further reading

• “μνῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μνῆμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette