ἀμνηστία

See also: αμνηστία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀμνηστῐ́η (amnēstíē) — Ionic

Etymology

From ᾰ̓́μνηστος (ámnēstos, “forgotten, forgetful”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix), ultimately from μνάομαι (mnáomai, “remember”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.nɛːs.tí.aː/ → /am.nisˈti.a/ → /am.nisˈti.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.nɛːs.tí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /am.ne̝sˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /am.nisˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /am.nisˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /am.nisˈti.a/

Noun

ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱ • (amnēstíā) f (genitive ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. forgetfulness
   1. (and especially) an amnesty
2. failure to mention (a thing), passing (it) over

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱ hē amnēstíā	τὼ ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱ tṑ amnēstíā	αἱ ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́αι hai amnēstíai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱς tês amnēstíās	τοῖν ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́αιν toîn amnēstíain	τῶν ᾰ̓μνηστῐῶν tôn amnēstiôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾳ têi amnēstíāi	τοῖν ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́αιν toîn amnēstíain	ταῖς ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́αις taîs amnēstíais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱν tḕn amnēstíān	τὼ ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱ tṑ amnēstíā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱς tā̀s amnēstíās
Vocative	ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱ amnēstíā	ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱ amnēstíā	ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́αι amnēstíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αμνηστία (amnistía)
• English: amnesty
• French: amnistie
  • Portuguese: amnistia
• Latin: amnestia
• Polish: amnestia, amnistja
  • Russian: амни́стия (amnístija)
    • Armenian: ամնիստիա (amnistia)

References

• “ἀμνηστία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀμνηστία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀμνηστία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμνηστία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “amnesty”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.