ἀμνησία
See also: αμνησία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-) + μιμνῄσκω (mimnḗiskō) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /am.nɛː.sí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /am.ne̝ˈsi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /am.niˈsi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /am.niˈsi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /am.niˈsi.a/
Noun
ἀμνησία • (amnēsía) f (genitive ἀμνησίᾱς); first declension
- (rare) forgetfulness
- Synonym: λήθη (lḗthē)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἀμνησίᾱ; τῆς ἀμνησίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἀμνησίᾱ hē amnēsíā | τὼ ἀμνησίᾱ tṑ amnēsíā | αἱ ἀμνησίαι hai amnēsíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀμνησίᾱς tês amnēsíās | τοῖν ἀμνησίαιν toîn amnēsíain | τῶν ἀμνησιῶν tôn amnēsiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀμνησίᾳ têi amnēsíāi | τοῖν ἀμνησίαιν toîn amnēsíain | ταῖς ἀμνησίαις taîs amnēsíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἀμνησίᾱν tḕn amnēsíān | τὼ ἀμνησίᾱ tṑ amnēsíā | τᾱ̀ς ἀμνησίᾱς tā̀s amnēsíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀμνησίᾱ amnēsíā | ἀμνησίᾱ amnēsíā | ἀμνησίαι amnēsíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: amnesia
- → French: amnésie
- Greek: αμνησία (amnisía)
Further reading
- “ἀμνησία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀμνησία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀμνησία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀμνησία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)