Mnemosyne
From LSJ
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Mnēmŏsynē: ēs, f., = Μνημοσύνη (remembrance).
I The mother of the Muses, Ov. M. 6, 114; Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 54; Phaedr. 3 prol. 18: natae Mnemosynes, the Muses, Aus. Ep. 4, 64.—
II In plur.: Mnēmŏ-synae, ārum, f., the Muses, Aus. Idyll. 11, 30.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Mnēmŏsўnē, ēs, f. (Μνημοσύνη), Mnémosyne [déesse de la mémoire, mère des Muses] : Cic. Nat. 3, 54 ; Ov. M. 6, 114 ; Phædr. 3, Prol. 18.
