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ἀλεξίκακε τρισέληνε, μηδέποθ' ἡττηθείς, σήμερον ἐξετάθης → averter of woes, offspring of three nights, thou, who never didst suffer defeat, art to-day laid low
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Revision as of 23:16, 8 February 2013
English (LSJ)
Dor. and Aeol. μνᾶμα, ατος, τό, (μνάομαι, μιμνήσκω)
A memorial, remembrance, record of a person or thing, c. gen., μνῆμ' 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, IG12.906, etc.; ἐν τοῖς δημοσίοις μνήμασιν κειμένους D.18.208; coffin, E.Or.1053. 3 memorial dedicated to a god, Simon.138; μνάματα ναυ μαχίας Id.134, cf. Epigr. ap. D.S.11.14: generally, monument, SIG2B (Sigeum, vi B. C.). II = μνήμη, memory, μ. ἔχουσ' ἀγαθῶν Thgn.112.
