μνημόσυνον
θοῦ, Κύριε, φυλακὴν τῷ στόµατί µου καὶ θύραν περιοχῆς περὶ τὰ χείλη µου → set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips | set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips (Psalm 140:3, Septuagint version)
English (LSJ)
τό,
A remembrance, memorial of a thing, μνημόσυνον ἑωυτοῦ λιπέσθαι Hdt.1.185,4.166; μνημόσυνον λιπέσθαι Id.1.186, 2.101; μνημόσυνα ἀποδέξασθαι ib.148, al.: rare in early Att. Prose, Th. 5.11; μ. στοργῆς AP12.68 (Mel.); εἰς μ. τινός Ev.Matt.26.13, cf. Act.Ap.10.4. 2 memorandum, reminder, μνημόσυνα γράψομαι Ar.V. 538; τουτὶ . . ἔστω τὸ μ. μοι ib.559. 3 mark, scar, μ. ὑποκαταλιπεῖν Hp.Prorrh.2.20.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μνημόσυνον: τό, = μνῆμα, μνημεῖον, μνημόσυνον ἑωυτοῦ λιπέσθαι Ἡρόδ. 1. 185., 4. 166· καὶ ἄνευ τοῦ ἑωυτοῦ, μνημόσυνα λιπέσθαι, ἀποδέξασθαι ὁ αὐτ. 1. 185, 2. 101, 148, κ. ἀλλ.· σπανίως παρ’ Ἀττ., ὡς Θουκ. 5. 11. 2) ὑπόμνησις, ὑπόμνημα, σημείωσις, μνημόσυνα γράψομαι Ἀριστοφ. Σφ. 538· τουτί... ἔστω τὸ μν. μοι αὐτόθι 559. - Ἐκκλ., ὡς καὶ νῦν, τελετὴ ὑπὲρ ἀναπαύσεως τῆς ψυχῆς τεθνεῶτος, Ἰω. Νηστευτὴς 1924Β.
English (Strong)
from μνημονεύω; a reminder (memorandum), i.e. record: memorial.
English (Thayer)
μνημοσύνου, τό (μνημῶν), a memorial (that by which the memory of any person or thing is preserved), a remembrance: εἰς μνημόσυνον τίνος, to perpetuate one's memory, αἱ προσευχαί σου ... ἀνέβησαν εἰς μνημόσυνον ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ (without the figure) have become known to God, so that he heeds and is about to help thee, Herodotus, Aristophanes, Thucydides, Plutarch, others; the Sept. for זֶכֶר, זִכָּרון; also for אַזְכָּרָה, i. e. that part of a sacrifice which was burned on the altar together with the frankincense, that its fragrance might ascend to heaven and commend the offerer to God's remembrance, εὐωδία εἰς μνημόσυνον, 1 Maccabees , etc.)
