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μιμνήσκω

μιμνήσκω, μιμνῄσκω/μιμνήσκω, remind, call to mind (+ acc. of person + gen. of thing); (mid./pass.) remember (+ gen. or + acc.), make mention of (+ gen.)

μιμνήσκω (not μιμν-ῄσκω, v. infr.), fut. μνήσω: aor. ἔμνησα: causal Verb, formed in pres. and impf. from μέμνημαι as πιπράσκω from πέπραμαι:—
  • remind, put in mind, μνήσει δέ σε καὶ θεὸς αὐτός Od. 12.38; τινος of a thing, ἐπεί μʼ ἔμνησας ὀϊζύος 3.103; τῶν σʼ αὖτις μνήσω Il. 15.31, cf. 1.407; μηδέ με τούτων μίμνησκʼ Od. 14.169, cf. Thgn. 1123, Theoc. 15.36.
    • II ἔμνασεν ἑστίαν πατρῴαν . . νικῶν recalled it to memory, made it famous, Pi. P. 11.13.—Act. is mostly Ep., used once in Trag. (lyr.), E. Alc. 878: compds. with ἀνα- or ὑπο- were preferred in Prose.
  • B Med. and Pass. μιμνήσκομαι, imper. -ήσκεο Il. 22.268: Ep. impf. μιμνήσκοντο 13.722 (the pres. only in later Prose, Pl. Ax. 368a, D.H. 1.13, Plu. QConv. 2.653b; μέμνημαι serving as pres. in early writers): other tenses are formed from the stem μνη- (v. μνάομαι): fut. μνήσομαι Od. 7.192, Sapph. 32; μνησθήσομαι Hdt. 6.19, E. Med. 933, etc.; also μεμνήσομαι Il. 22.390, Od. 19.581, Hdt. 8.62, E. Hipp. 1461, Pl. Phlb. 31b, etc.: aor. ἐμνησάμην, inf. μνήσασθαι Od. 4.331, Tyrt. 12.1, Hdt. 7.39; rare in Trag., as S. OT 564; Ep. μνησάσκετο Il. 11.566; Trag. also ἐμνήσθην (used by Hom. only in Od. 4.118), S. El. 373, etc.; Aeol. ἐμνάσθην Sapph. Supp. 4.11: pf. μέμνημαι, Aeol. μέμναιμαι Alc. Supp. 28.6, in Att. always in pres. sense, as also freq. in Hom.; 2 sg. μέμνηαι Il. 21.442, μέμνῃ 15.18; imper. μέμνησο, Dor. μέμνᾱσο Epich. 250, etc., Ion. μέμνεο Hdt. 5.105; subj. μέμνωμαι -ώμεθα Od. 14.168, S. OT 49; Ion. -εώμεθα Archil. (?) in PLit.Lond. 54.4; opt. μεμνῄμην Il. 24.745, -ῇτο Ar. Pl. 991 (μεμνῇο, -ῇτο shd. prob. be read for -ῷο or -οῖο, -ῷτο in X. An. 1.7.5, Cyr. 1.6.3, and μεμνοῖτο is dub. in Crates Com. 50); Ep. 3 sg. μεμνέῳτο Il. 23.361; Dor. 3 pl. μεμναίατο Pi. Fr. 94; inf. μεμνῆσθαι; Aeol. imper. μέμναισο Sapph. 94.8 L.-P.; part. μεμνημένος: plpf. ἐμεμνήμην Isoc. 12.35; Ion. 3 pl. ἐμεμνέατο Hdt. 2.104:—
  • remind oneself of a thing, call to mind:—Constr.: sts. c. acc., remember, Τυδέα δʼ οὐ μέμνημαι Il. 6.222, cf. 9.527, Od. 14.168, S. OT 1057, Pl. Lg. 633d, D. 44.7; esp. with relat. clause following, μ. τὸν στόλον ὡς ἔπρηξε Hdt. 7.18; μέμνησο δʼ ἀμφίβληστρον ὡς ἐκαίνισας A. Ch. 492; μ. τὸν Εὐφραῖον, οἷʼ ἔπαθεν D. 9.61; also μέμνησο ἐκεῖνο, ὅτι . . X. Cyr. 2.4.25; μεμνώμεθα ταῦτα περὶ ἀμφοῖν, ὅτι . . Pl. Phlb. 31a: more freq. c. gen., φίλου μεμνήσομʼ ἑταίρου Il. 22.390; τοῦ ποτε μεμνήσεσθαι ὀΐομαι Od. 19.581; οὐδὲ παῖδος οὐδὲ φίλων τοκήων οὐδὲν ἐμνάσθη Sapph. Supp. l.c., cf. Hdt. 8.62, E. Hipp. 1461, etc.; also μεμνημένος ἀμφʼ Ὀδυσῆϊ Od. 4.151; ἀμφὶ Διώνυσον . . μνήσομαι h.Hom. 7.2; περὶ πομπῆς μνησόμεθα Od. 7.192:—Pass., to be remembered (not in early Prose), τὰ παραπτώματα οὐ μνησθήσεται LXX Ez. 18.22; αἱ ἐλεημοσύναι σου ἐμνήσθησαν Act.Ap. 10.31, cf. Apoc. 16.19.
      • 2 c. inf., μέμνηντο γὰρ αἰεὶ ἀλλήλοις . . ἀλεξέμεναι Il. 17.364; μέμνησο δʼ εἴκειν A. Supp. 202; μέμνησο δάκνειν, διαβάλλειν Ar. Eq. 495; μεμνήσθω ἀγαθὸς ἀνὴρ εἶναι X. An. 3.2.39; μέμνησθέ μοι μὴ θορυβεῖν Pl. Ap. 27b.
      • 3 after Hom., c. part., θνατὰ μεμνάσθω περιστέλλων μέλη let him remember that he clothes, Pi. N. 11.15; μέμνημαι κλύων I remember hearing, A. Ag. 830; μεμνήμεθα ἐλθόντες E. Hec. 244; μ. ἀκούσας X. Cyr. 1.6.3, etc.: folld. by a relat., μέμνησʼ, ὅπως εὖ μοι στομώσεις αὐτόν Ar. Nu. 1107.
      • 4 abs., ἀφʼ οὗ Ἕλληνες μέμνηνται Th. 2.8, cf. 5.66: pf. part. μεμνημένος in commands, ὧδέ τις . . μεμνημένος ἀνδρὶ μαχέσθω let him fight with good heed, let him remember to fight, Il. 19.153, cf. 5.263, Hes. Op. 422, etc.
    • II make mention of, c. gen., τῶν νῦν μοι μνῆσαι Od. 4.331; Μοῦσαι, μνησαίαθʼ ὅσοι ὑπὸ Ἴλιον ἦλθον (i. e. τῶν, ὅσοι) Il. 2.492; also μνήσασθαι περί τινος Hdt. 7.39: freq. in aor. Pass. μνησθῆναι, Od. 4.118, S. Ph. 310; μνησθῆναι περί τινος Hdt. 1.36, cf. 9.45; περί τινος ἔς τινα Th. 8.47, cf. 1.10, 37, etc.; μνησθεὶς ὑπὲρ τῆς εἰρήνης D. 18.21; μ. τινὸς πρός τινα Lys. 1.19: later c. dat. pers., recall to oneʼs memory, remind, ἐμνήσθην σοι καὶ παρόντι περί . . PLille 12.1 (iii B. C.), cf. PCair.Zen. 122.7, al. (iii B. C.): rarely c. acc., ταῦτα καὶ μακάρων ἐμέμναντʼ ἀγοραί Pi. I. 8(7).29: abs., μευ μεμναμένω εἰ φιλέεις με mentioning your name to see if . ., Theoc. 3.28.
    • III give heed to, πατρὸς καὶ μητέρος Od. 18.267; μ. βρώμης give heed to food, 10.177; ὡς μεμνέῳτο δρόμου (v.l. δρόμους) that he might give heed to the running, Il. 23.361; μ. χάρμης, δαιτός, σίτου, 4.222, Od. 20.246, Il. 24.129; μεμνᾶσθαι πολέμου τε καὶ μάχας B. 17.58 [Dith. 4.58]; ἀοιδᾶς Pi. Fr. 94. (Aeol. μιμναίσκω (not μιμνᾴσκω) Hdn.Gr. 2.79, 178; but Ep., Ion., Att. μιμνήσκω without ι, PCair.Zen. 15 v. 35 (iii B. C., ὑπο-), Inscr.Magn. 16.27 (early ii B. C., [ἀνα-]), SIG 704E 18 (Delph., late ii B. C., ὑπο-), Did. in An.Ox. 1.196; cogn. with Lat. memini, etc.)

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