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|Definition=Dor. and Aeol. μνᾶμα, ατος, τό, (μνάομαι, μιμνήσκω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[memorial]], [[remembrance]], [[record]] of a person or thing, c. gen., μνῆμ' Ἑλένης χειρῶν <span class="bibl">Od.15.126</span>; μ. ξείνοιο φίλοιο <span class="bibl">21.40</span>; τάφου μ. <span class="bibl">Il.23.619</span>; μνᾶμα κακοζοΐας Sapph.120; μ. κάλλιστον ἀέθλων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>3.15</span> (of the crown of olive); Νικοκλέος μνᾶμα κελαδῆσαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">I.</span>8(7).68</span>; τῆς σῆς πορείας μ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>841</span>; <b class="b3">λυγρᾶς μνήματα Τροίας</b>, of the sufferings of the Greeks, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1210</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">μ.… διὰ χειρὸς ἔχων</b>, i. e. the dead body of his son, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1258</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[mound]] or [[building]] in honour of the dead, [[monument]], [[tomb]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.167</span>, Epigr.ib.<span class="bibl">228</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.906, etc.; ἐν τοῖς δημοσίοις μνήμασιν κειμένους <span class="bibl">D.18.208</span>; [[coffin]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1053</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[memorial]] dedicated to a god, <span class="bibl">Simon.138</span>; μνάματα ναυ μαχίας <span class="bibl">Id.134</span>, cf. Epigr. ap. <span class="bibl">D.S.11.14</span>: generally, [[monument]], <span class="title">SIG</span>2<span class="title">B</span> (Sigeum, vi B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> = [[μνήμη]], [[memory]], μ. ἔχουσ' ἀγαθῶν <span class="bibl">Thgn.112</span>.</span>