ἀμνηστία
See also: αμνηστία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ᾰ̓́μνηστος (ámnēstos, “forgotten, forgetful”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix), ultimately from μνάομαι (mnáomai, “remember”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /am.nɛːs.tí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /am.ne̝sˈti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /am.nisˈti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /am.nisˈti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /am.nisˈti.a/
Noun
ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱ • (amnēstíā) f (genitive ᾰ̓μνηστῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- forgetfulness
- (and especially) an amnesty
- failure to mention (a thing), passing (it) over
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: αμνηστία (amnistía)
- English: amnesty
- French: amnistie
- Portuguese: amnistia
- Latin: amnestia
- Polish: amnestia, amnistja
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.