μιμνήσκω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(not μιμν-ήσκω, v. infr.), fut. [[μνήσω]]: aor. [[ἔμνησα]]: causal Verb, formed in pres. and impf. from [[μέμνημαι]] as [[πιπράσκω]] from [[πέπραμαι]]:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[remind]], [[put in mind]], μνήσει δέ σε καὶ θεὸς αὐτός <span class="bibl">Od.12.38</span>; τινος [[of]] a thing, ἐπεί μ' ἔμνησας ὀϊζύος <span class="bibl">3.103</span>; τῶν σ' αὖτις μνήσω <span class="bibl">Il.15.31</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.407</span>; μηδέ με τούτων μίμνησκ' <span class="bibl">Od.14.169</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thgn.1123</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.36</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἔμνασεν ἑστίαν πατρῴαν… νικῶν</b> [[recalled]] it [[to memory]], [[made]] it [[famous]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>11.13</span>.—Act. is mostly Ep., used once in Trag. (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>878</span>: compds. with [[ἀνα]]- or [[ὑπο]]- were preferred in Prose. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">B</span> Med. and Pass. μιμνήσκομαι, imper. -ήσκεο <span class="bibl">Il.22.268</span>: Ep. impf. μιμνήσκοντο <span class="bibl">13.722</span> (the pres. only in later Prose, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>368a</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.1.13</span>, Plu.2.653b; [[μέμνημαι]] serving as pres. in early writers): other tenses are formed from the stem μνη- (v. [[μνάομαι]]): fut. μνήσομαι <span class="bibl">Od.7.192</span>, Sapph.32; μνησθήσομαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.19</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>933</span>, etc.; also μεμνήσομαι <span class="bibl">Il.22.390</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.19.581</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.62</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1461</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span> 31b</span>, etc.: aor. [[ἐμνησάμην]], inf. μνήσασθαι <span class="bibl">Od.4.331</span>, <span class="bibl">Tyrt.12.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 7.39</span>; rare in Trag., as <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>564</span>; Ep. μνησάσκετο <span class="bibl">Il.11.566</span>; Trag. also [[ἐμνήσθην]] (used by Hom. only in <span class="bibl">Od.4.118</span>), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>373</span>, etc.; Aeol. ἐμνάσθην <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>4.11</span>: pf. [[μέμνημαι]], Aeol. μέμναιμαι Alc. <span class="title">Supp.</span>28.6, in Att. always in pres. sense, as also freq. in Hom.; 2sg. μέμνηαι <span class="bibl">Il.21.442</span>, μέμνῃ <span class="bibl">15.18</span>; imper. [[μέμνησο]], Dor. μέμνᾱσο <span class="bibl">Epich. 250</span>, etc., Ion. μέμνεο <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.105</span>; subj. μέμνωμαι -ώμεθα <span class="bibl">Od.14.168</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>49</span>; Ion. -εώμεθα Archil.(?) in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLit.Lond.</span>54.4</span>; opt. μεμνῄμην <span class="bibl">Il.24.745</span>, -ῇτο <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>991</span> (<b class="b3">μεμνῇο, -ῇτο</b> shd. prob. be read for -[[ῷο]] or -οῖο<b class="b3">, -ῷτο</b> in <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.7.5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.3</span>, and [[μεμνοῖτο]] is dub. in <span class="bibl">Crates Com.50</span>); Ep. 3sg. μεμνέῳτο <span class="bibl">Il.23.361</span>; Dor. 3pl. μεμναίατο <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">Fr.</span>94</span>; inf. [[μεμνῆσθαι]]; Aeol. imper. μέμναισο <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>23.8</span>; part. [[μεμνημένος]]: plpf. ἐμεμνήμην <span class="bibl">Isoc. 12.35</span>; Ion. 3pl. ἐμεμνέατο <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.104</span>:—[[remind oneself of]] a thing, [[call to mind]]:—Constr.: sts. c. acc., [[remember]], Τυδέα δ' οὐ μέμνημαι <span class="bibl">Il.6.222</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.527</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.14.168</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1057</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>633d</span>, <span class="bibl">D.44.7</span>; esp. with relat. clause following, μ. τὸν στόλον ὡς ἔπρηξε <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.18</span>; μέμνησο δ' ἀμφίβληστρον ὡς ἐκαίνισας <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>492</span>; μ. τὸν Εὐφραῖον, οἷ' ἔπαθεν <span class="bibl">D.9.61</span>; also <b class="b3">μέμνησο ἐκεῖνο, ὅτι</b>… <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.4.25</span>; <b class="b3">μεμνώμεθα ταῦτα περὶ ἀμφοῖν, ὅτι</b>… <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phlb.</span>31a</span>: more freq. c. gen., φίλου μεμνήσομ' ἑταίρου <span class="bibl">Il.22.390</span>; τοῦ ποτε μεμνήσεσθαι ὀΐομαι <span class="bibl">Od.19.581</span>; οὐδὲ παῖδος οὐδὲ φίλων τοκήων οὐδὲν ἐμνάσθη Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span> l. c., cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.62</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1461</span>, etc.; also μεμνημένος ἀμφ' Ὀδυσῆϊ <span class="bibl">Od.4.151</span>; ἀμφὶ Διώνυσον… μνήσομαι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span> 7.2</span>; περὶ πομπῆς μνησόμεθα <span class="bibl">Od.7.192</span>:—Pass., to [[be remembered]] (not in early Prose), τὰ παραπτώματα οὐ μνησθήσεται <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ez.</span>18.22</span>; αἱ ἐλεημοσύναι σου ἐμνήσθησαν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>10.31</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Apoc.</span>16.19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. inf., μέμνηντο γὰρ αἰεὶ ἀλλήλοις… ἀλεξέμεναι <span class="bibl">Il.17.364</span>; μέμνησο δ' εἴκειν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>202</span>; μέμνησο δάκνειν, διαβάλλειν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>495</span>; μεμνήσθω ἀγαθὸς ἀνὴρ εἶναι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.2.39</span>; μέμνησθέ μοι μὴ θορυβεῖν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span> 27b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> after Hom., c. part., <b class="b3">θνατὰ μεμνάσθω περιστέλλων μέλη</b> [[let him remember that]] he clothes, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>11.15</span>; <b class="b3">μέμνημαι κλύων</b> I [[remember]] hearing, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>830</span>; μεμνήμεθα ἐλθόντες <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>244</span>; μ. ἀκούσας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.3</span>, etc.: folld. by a relat., μέμνησ', ὅπως εὖ μοι στομώσεις αὐτόν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1107</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> abs., ἀφ' οὗ Ἕλληνες μέμνηνται <span class="bibl">Th.2.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.66</span>: pf. part. [[μεμνημένος]] in commands, <b class="b3">ὧδέ τις… μεμνημένος ἀνδρὶ μαχέσθω</b> let him fight [[with good heed]], [[let him remember]] to fight, <span class="bibl">Il.19.153</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.263</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>422</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[make mention of]], c. gen., τῶν νῦν μοι μνῆσαι <span class="bibl">Od.4.331</span>; <b class="b3">Μοῦσαι, μνησαίαθ' ὅσοι ὑπὸ Ἴλιον ἦλθον</b> (i. e. [[τῶν]], [[ὅσοι]]) <span class="bibl">Il.2.492</span>; also μνήσασθαι περί τινος <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.39</span>: freq. in aor. Pass. [[μνησθῆναι]], <span class="bibl">Od.4.118</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>310</span>; μνησθῆναι περί τινος <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.36</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.45</span>; περί τινος ἔς τινα <span class="bibl">Th.8.47</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.10</span>, <span class="bibl">37</span>, etc.; μνησθεὶς ὑπὲρ τῆς εἰρήνης <span class="bibl">D.18.21</span>; μ. τινὸς πρός τινα <span class="bibl">Lys.1.19</span>: later c. dat. pers., [[recall to]] one's [[memory]], [[remind]], <b class="b3">ἐμνήσθην σοι καὶ παρόντι περί</b>… <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLille</span>12.1</span> (iii B. C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>122.7</span>, al. (iii B. C.): rarely c. acc., ταῦτα καὶ μακάρων ἐμέμναντ' ἀγοραί <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>8(7).29</span>: abs., <b class="b3">μευ μεμναμένω εἰ φιλέεις με</b> [[mentioning]] your name to see if... <span class="bibl">Theoc.3.28</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[give heed to]], πατρὸς καὶ μητέρος <span class="bibl">Od.18.267</span>; <b class="b3">μ. βρώμης</b> [[give heed]] to food, <span class="bibl">10.177</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς μεμνέῳτο δρόμου</b> (v.l. [[δρόμους]]) that [[he might give heed to]] the running, <span class="bibl">Il.23.361</span>; <b class="b3">μ. χάρμης, δαιτός, σίτου</b>, <span class="bibl">4.222</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.20.246</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.24.129</span>; μεμνᾶσθαι πολέμου τε καὶ μάχας <span class="bibl">B.17.58</span>; ἀοιδᾶς <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>94</span>. (Aeol. μιμναίσκω (not [[μιμνᾴσκω]]) Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.79</span>,<span class="bibl">178</span>; but Ep., Ion., Att. μιμνήσκω without ι, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>15v</span>.<span class="bibl">35</span> (iii B. C., [[ὑπο]]-), <span class="title">Inscr.Magn.</span>16.27 (early ii B. C., [[[ἀνα]]-]), <span class="title">SIG</span>704<span class="title">E</span>18 (Delph., late ii B. C., [[ὑπο]]-), Did.in <span class="title">An.Ox.</span>1.196; cogn. with Lat. [[memini]], etc.)</span>