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μνῆμα

μνῆμα, a memorial, remembrance, record

μνῆμα, Dor. and Aeol. μνᾶμα, ατος, τό, (μνάομαι, μιμνήσκω)
  • memorial, remembrance, record of a person or thing, c. gen., μνῆμʼ Ἑλένης χειρῶν Od. 15.126; μ. ξείνοιο φίλοιο 21.40; τάφου μ. Il. 23.619; μνᾶμα κακοζοΐας Sapph. 120; μ. κάλλιστον ἀέθλων Pi. O. 3.15 (of the crown of olive); Νικοκλέος μνᾶμα κελαδῆσαι Id. I. 8(7).68; τῆς σῆς πορείας μ. A. Pr. 841; λυγρᾶς μνήματα Τροίας, of the sufferings of the Greeks, S. Aj. 1210 (lyr.); μ. . . διὰ χειρὸς ἔχων, i. e. the dead body of his son, Id. Ant. 1258 (anap.).
      • 2 mound or building in honour of the dead, monument, tomb, Hdt. 7.167, Epigr.ib. 228, IG 1(2).906, etc.; ἐν τοῖς δημοσίοις μνήμασιν κειμένους D. 18.208; coffin, E. Or. 1053.
      • 3 memorial dedicated to a god, Simon. 138; μνάματα ναυμαχίας Id. 134, cf. Epigr. ap. D.S. 11.14: generally, monument, SIG 2B (Sigeum, vi B. C.).
    • II = μνήμη, memory, μ. ἔχουσʼ ἀγαθῶν Thgn. 112.

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