μνημοσύνη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. and Aeol. μνᾱμοσύνα, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">remembrance, memory</b>, <b class="b3">μ. τις ἔπειτα πυρὸς . . γενέσθω</b> let us be mindful of fire, <span class="bibl">Il.8.181</span>; οὐ μ. σέθεν ἔσσετ' Sapph.68; μ. ἀνεγείρειν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>8.74</span>; μ. καὶ τόνος ἀμφ' ἀρετῆς <span class="bibl">Xenoph.1.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Critias 6.12</span> D.:—in Att. only as pr.n. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as pr. n. <span class="title">Mnemosyne</span>, mother of the Muses, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>429</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>54</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>679</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>191d</span>, <span class="title">BCH</span>50.403 (Thespiae); M. Διὸς εὐνέτις, ἣ τέκε Μούσας <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>789; cf. <b class="b3">Μναμόνα, Μνημώ</b>.</span>