μίμνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[[ἔμιμνον]], Poet. redupl. pres. and impf. of [[μένω]]; Ep. dat. pl. part.<br><span class="bld">A</span> μιμνόντεσσι Il.2.296; later Ep. impf. μίμνασκον Orph.''L.''108:—[[stay]], [[stand fast]], in battle, Il.13.713, 15.727, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[tarry]], <b class="b3">μετόπισθε μιμνέτω, ὥς κε κτλ</b>. 6.69, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of things, [[remain]], σόα μ. Od. 13.364:—Med., κλέος… μίμνεται ἀθάνατον ''Epigr.Gr.''265 (Crete).<br><span class="bld">4</span> of things, [[remain]], [[be left]] for one, ἐμοὶ δὲ μ. [[σχισμός]] A.''Ag.''1149, cf. 154 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> c. acc., [[await]], esp. an enemy's attack, οὐδ' ἄρα μιν μίμνον Il.5.94, etc.; of time, ἠῶ δῖαν ἔμιμνεν 9.662, etc.; πλόον ὡραῖον Hes. ''Op.''630.<br><span class="bld">2</span> impers., <b class="b3">μίμνει δὲ μίμνοντος ἐν θρόνῳ Διὸς παθεῖν τὸν ἔρξαντα</b> it [[await]]s him to [[suffer]], A.''Ag.''1563 (lyr.).