μνησιπήμων

μνησιπήμων

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 20 May 2020

Etymology

μνησῐ- (mnēsi-) from stem of future μνήσ(ω) of μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō, “remind”) + πῆμ(α) (pêm(a)) + -μων.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mnɛː.si.pɛ̌ː.mɔːn/ → /mni.siˈpi.mon/ → /mni.siˈpi.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mnɛː.si.pɛ̌ː.mɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mne̝.siˈpe̝.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mni.siˈpi.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mni.siˈpi.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mni.siˈpi.mon/

Adjective

μνησῐπήμων • (mnēsipḗmōn) m or f (neuter μνησῐπῆμον); second declension

1. reminding of misery
   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 179–183:

     στάζει δ’ ἔν θ’ ὕπνῳ πρὸ καρδίας μνησιπήμων πόνος: καὶ παρ’ ἄκοντας ἦλθε σωφρονεῖν.
     δαιμόνων δέ που χάρις βίαιος σέλμα σεμνὸν ἡμένων.

     stázei d’ én th’ húpnōi prò kardías mnēsipḗmōn pónos: kaì par’ ákontas êlthe sōphroneîn.
     daimónōn dé pou kháris bíaios sélma semnòn hēménōn.

     Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.

     English translation recited by Robert Kennedy, 1968[1], while announcing the assassination of Martin Luther King.
     More translations @perseus.tufts.edu

   μνησιπήμων πόνος ― mnēsipḗmōn pónos ― painful memory

Inflection

Third declension of μνησῐπήμων; μνησῐπῆμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μνησῐπήμων mnēsipḗmōn	μνησῐπῆμον mnēsipêmon		μνησῐπήμονε mnēsipḗmone	μνησῐπήμονε mnēsipḗmone		μνησῐπήμονες mnēsipḗmones	μνησῐπήμονᾰ mnēsipḗmona
Genitive		μνησῐπήμονος mnēsipḗmonos	μνησῐπήμονος mnēsipḗmonos		μνησῐπημόνοιν mnēsipēmónoin	μνησῐπημόνοιν mnēsipēmónoin		μνησῐπημόνων mnēsipēmónōn	μνησῐπημόνων mnēsipēmónōn
Dative		μνησῐπήμονῐ mnēsipḗmoni	μνησῐπήμονῐ mnēsipḗmoni		μνησῐπημόνοιν mnēsipēmónoin	μνησῐπημόνοιν mnēsipēmónoin		μνησῐπήμοσῐ / μνησῐπήμοσῐν mnēsipḗmosi(n)	μνησῐπήμοσῐ / μνησῐπήμοσῐν mnēsipḗmosi(n)
Accusative		μνησῐπήμονᾰ mnēsipḗmona	μνησῐπῆμον mnēsipêmon		μνησῐπήμονε mnēsipḗmone	μνησῐπήμονε mnēsipḗmone		μνησῐπήμονᾰς mnēsipḗmonas	μνησῐπήμονᾰ mnēsipḗmona
Vocative		μνησῐπῆμον mnēsipêmon	μνησῐπῆμον mnēsipêmon		μνησῐπήμονε mnēsipḗmone	μνησῐπήμονε mnēsipḗmone		μνησῐπήμονες mnēsipḗmones	μνησῐπήμονᾰ mnēsipḗmona
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

1. video@youtube 0'41'' Robert Kennedy, 1968, recites Aeschylus. retr:2018.12.26.

Further reading

• “μνησιπήμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μνησιπήμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers