μιμνήσκω

English (LSJ)

(not μιμν-ήσκω, v. infr.), fut. μνήσω: aor. ἔμνησα: causal Verb, formed in pres. and impf. from μέμνημαι as πιπράσκω from πέπραμαι:—

   A remind, put in mind, μνήσει δέ σε καὶ θεὸς αὐτός Od.12.38; τινος of a thing, ἐπεί μ' ἔμνησας ὀϊζύος 3.103; τῶν σ' αὖτις μνήσω Il.15.31, cf. 1.407; μηδέ με τούτων μίμνησκ' 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.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.OT564; 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.; 2sg. 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.OT49; 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. 3sg. μεμνέῳτο Il.23.361; Dor. 3pl. μεμναίατο Pi. Fr.94; inf. μεμνῆσθαι; Aeol. imper. μέμναισο Sapph.Supp.23.8; part. μεμνημένος: plpf. ἐμεμνήμην Isoc. 12.35; Ion. 3pl. ἐμεμνέατο Hdt.2.104:—remind oneself of a thing, call to mind:—Constr.: sts. c. acc., remember, Τυδέα δ' οὐ μέμνημαι Il.6.222, cf. 9.527, Od.14.168, S.OT1057, Pl.Lg.633d, D.44.7; esp. with relat. clause following, μ. τὸν στόλον ὡς ἔπρηξε Hdt.7.18; μέμνησο δ' ἀμφίβληστρον ὡς ἐκαίνισας A.Ch.492; μ. τὸν Εὐφραῖον, οἷ' 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 μεμνήσομ' 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 ἀμφ' 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 δ' 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., μέμνησ', ὅπως εὖ μοι στομώσεις αὐτόν Ar.Nu.1107.    4 abs., ἀφ' 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, μνησαίαθ' 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 one's memory, remind, ἐμνήσθην σοι καὶ παρόντι περί . . PLille12.1 (iii B. C.), cf. PCair.Zen.122.7, al. (iii B. C.): rarely c. acc., ταῦτα καὶ μακάρων ἐμέμναντ' 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; ἀοιδᾶς Pi.Fr.94. (Aeol. μιμναίσκω (not μιμνᾴσκω) Hdn.Gr.2.79,178; but Ep., Ion., Att. μιμνήσκω without ι, PCair.Zen.15v.35 (iii B. C., ὑπο-), Inscr.Magn.16.27 (early ii B. C., [ἀνα-]), SIG704E18 (Delph., late ii B. C., ὑπο-), Did.in An.Ox.1.196; cogn. with Lat. memini, etc.)