μνημεῖον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μνᾱμεῖον (mnāmeîon) – Doric
- μνημήῐ̈ον (mnēmḗïon) – Ionic
Etymology
From μνήμη (mnḗmē, “memory”) + -εῖον (-eîon), from μνᾰ́ομαι (mnáomai, “I am mindful of”) + -μη (-mē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mnɛː.mêː.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mne̝ˈmi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mniˈmi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mniˈmi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mniˈmi.on/
Noun
μνημεῖον • (mnēmeîon) n (genitive μνημείου); second declension
- 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.
- ἐπεθύμησε γὰρ Ῥοδῶπις μνημήιον ἑωυτῆς ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι καταλιπέσθαι
- 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.
- οἶμαι μάλιστ’ ἔγωγε τοῦ τεθνηκότος μνημεῖ’ Ὀρέστου ταῦτα προσθεῖναί τινα
Declension
Second declension of τὸ μνημεῖον; τοῦ μνημείου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ μνημεῖον tò mnēmeîon | τὼ μνημείω tṑ mnēmeíō | τᾰ̀ μνημεῖᾰ tà mnēmeîa | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μνημείου toû mnēmeíou | τοῖν μνημείοιν toîn mnēmeíoin | τῶν μνημείων tôn mnēmeíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μνημείῳ tôi mnēmeíōi | τοῖν μνημείοιν toîn mnēmeíoin | τοῖς μνημείοις toîs mnēmeíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μνημεῖον tò mnēmeîon | τὼ μνημείω tṑ mnēmeíō | τᾰ̀ μνημεῖᾰ tà mnēmeîa | ||||||||||
Vocative | μνημεῖον mnēmeîon | μνημείω mnēmeíō | μνημεῖᾰ mnēmeîa | ||||||||||
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Second declension of τὸ μνᾱμεῖον; τοῦ μνᾱμείοιο (Doric)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ μνᾱμεῖον tò mnāmeîon | τὼ μνᾱμείω tṑ mnāmeíō | τᾰ̀ μνᾱμεῖᾰ tà mnāmeîa | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μνᾱμείοιο toû mnāmeíoio | τοῖν μνᾱμείοιν toîn mnāmeíoin | τῶν μνᾱμείων tôn mnāmeíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μνᾱμείῳ tôi mnāmeíōi | τοῖν μνᾱμείοιν toîn mnāmeíoin | τοῖς μνᾱμείοις toîs mnāmeíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μνᾱμεῖον tò mnāmeîon | τὼ μνᾱμείω tṑ mnāmeíō | τᾰ̀ μνᾱμεῖᾰ tà mnāmeîa | ||||||||||
Vocative | μνᾱμεῖον mnāmeîon | μνᾱμείω mnāmeíō | μνᾱμεῖᾰ mnāmeîa | ||||||||||
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Second declension of τὸ μνημήῐ̈ον; τοῦ μνημηῐ̈́ου (Ionic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ μνημήῐ̈ον tò mnēmḗïon | τὼ μνημηῐ̈́ω tṑ mnēmēḯō | τᾰ̀ μνημήῐ̈ᾰ tà mnēmḗïa | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μνημηῐ̈́ου toû mnēmēḯou | τοῖν μνημηῐ̈́οιν toîn mnēmēḯoin | τῶν μνημηῐ̈́ων tôn mnēmēḯōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μνημηῐ̈́ῳ tôi mnēmēḯōi | τοῖν μνημηῐ̈́οιν toîn mnēmēḯoin | τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν μνημηῐ̈́οισῐ / μνημηῐ̈́οισῐν / μνημηῐ̈́οις toîsi(n) mnēmēḯoisi(n) / mnēmēḯois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μνημήῐ̈ον tò mnēmḗïon | τὼ μνημηῐ̈́ω tṑ mnēmēḯō | τᾰ̀ μνημήῐ̈ᾰ tà mnēmḗïa | ||||||||||
Vocative | μνημήῐ̈ον mnēmḗïon | μνημηῐ̈́ω mnēmēḯō | μνημήῐ̈ᾰ mnēmḗïa | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- μνῆμᾰ (mnêma)
Descendants
- Greek: μνημείο (mnimeío)
References
- “μνημεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μνημεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μνημεῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G3419 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- commemoration idem, page 147.
- memento idem, page 524.
- memorial idem, page 524.
- monument idem, page 539.
- record idem, page 681.
- remembrance idem, page 693.
- reminder idem, page 693.
- souvenir idem, page 797.
- trophy idem, page 896.