μνημοσύνη

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English (LSJ)

Dor. and Aeol. μνᾱμοσύνα, ἡ,

   A remembrance, memory, μ. τις ἔπειτα πυρὸς . . γενέσθω let us be mindful of fire, Il.8.181; οὐ μ. σέθεν ἔσσετ' Sapph.68; μ. ἀνεγείρειν Pi.O.8.74; μ. καὶ τόνος ἀμφ' ἀρετῆς Xenoph.1.20, cf. Critias 6.12 D.:—in Att. only as pr.n.    II as pr. n. Mnemosyne, mother of the Muses, h.Merc.429, Hes.Th.54, E.HF679 (lyr.), Pl.Tht.191d, BCH50.403 (Thespiae); M. Διὸς εὐνέτις, ἣ τέκε Μούσας Epigr.Gr.789; cf. Μναμόνα, Μνημώ.