μνάομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=contr. μνῶμαι, used by Hom. sts. (only in Od.) in the contr. forms <b class="b3">μνᾶται, μνώμεθα, μνῶνται, μνάσθω, μνᾶσθαι, μνώμενος</b>; cf. impf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> μνᾶτο <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span>96.1</span>: sts. in these contr. forms lengthd. again, as 2sg. pres. <b class="b3">μνάᾳ</b>, inf. <b class="b3">μνάασθαι [μνᾱ</b>-], part. <b class="b3">μνωόμενος</b>; Ion. μνώμενος <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.96</span> (v.l. [[μνεώμενος]]), <span class="bibl">205</span>: 3pl. impf. <b class="b3">μνώοντο</b>, Hom. (v. infr.); imper. μνώεο <span class="bibl">A.R.1.896</span>, al.; opt. μνώοιο <span class="bibl">Max.74</span>; Ion. impf. μνάσκετο <span class="bibl">Od.20.290</span>: only pres. and impf., exc. aor. <b class="b3">μνήσατο</b> (in signf. <span class="bibl">11.1</span>) <span class="bibl">Eup.413</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> <b class="b2">to be mindful of</b>, c. gen., οὐ πολέμοιο ἐμνώοντο <span class="bibl">Il.2.686</span>; μνώοντ' ὀλοοῖο φόβοιο <span class="bibl">11.71</span>; μνωόμενος προτέρης ἁρπακτύος <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Ap.</span>95</span>: abs., <b class="b3">μνωομένῳ</b> <b class="b2">when I remember him</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.106</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">15.400</span>; also, <b class="b2">turn one's mind</b> to a thing, φύγαδε μνώοντο ἕκαστος <span class="bibl">Il.16.697</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">woo for one's bride, court</b> (not in Il.), c. acc., <b class="b3">μήτ' αὐτὸν κτείνειν μήτε μνάασθαι ἄκοιτιν</b>, of Aegisthus, <span class="bibl">Od. 1.39</span>; τὴν πάντες μνώοντο <span class="bibl">11.287</span>: with no acc. expressed, <span class="bibl">16.77</span>, <span class="bibl">19.529</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> after Hom., <b class="b2">sue for, solicit</b> a favour, office, etc., μνώμενος ἀρχήν <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.96</span>; <b class="b3">μνώμενον βασιληίην</b> ib.<span class="bibl">205</span>; φιλοτιμίαν μνώμενοι ἢ στάσιν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>210</span>; εὔνοιαν ἑαυτῷ παρὰ τῶν στρατιωτῶν μ. <span class="bibl">Hdn.7.9.11</span>; πᾶσαν ἑαυτῷ πόλιν πατρίδα μ. <span class="bibl">Hld.3.14</span>.—Ep., Ion., and late Prose; once in Com. (v. supr.). (For signf. <span class="bibl">1</span> cf. <b class="b3">μιμνήσκω</b>; in signf. <span class="bibl">11</span> perh. from <b class="b3">μνᾱ-</b> = βνᾱ-, i. e. <b class="b2">g[uglide]nā</b>-, cf. <b class="b3">γυνή</b>.) </span>