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|Definition=Dor. and Aeol. [[μνᾶμα]], μνήματος, τό, ([[μνάομαι]], [[μιμνήσκω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[memorial]], [[remembrance]], [[record]] of a person or thing, c. gen., μνῆμ' Ἑλένης χειρῶν Od.15.126; μ. ξείνοιο φίλοιο 21.40; τάφου μνῆμα Il.23.619; μνᾶμα [[κακοζοΐα|κακοζοΐας]] Sapph.120; μ. κάλλιστον ἀέθλων Pi.O.3.15 (of the [[crown]] of [[olive]]); Νικοκλέος μνᾶμα κελαδῆσαι Id.I.8(7).68; τῆς σῆς πορείας μνῆμα A.Pr.841; λυγρᾶς μνήματα Τροίας, of the [[suffering]]s of the [[Greeks]], S.Aj.1210 (lyr.); μ.… διὰ χειρὸς ἔχων, i.e. the [[dead]] [[body]] of his [[son]], Id.Ant.1258 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[mound]] or [[building]] in [[honour]] of the [[dead]], [[monument]], [[tomb]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.167, Epigr.ib.228, IG12.906, etc.; ἐν τοῖς δημοσίοις μνήμασιν κειμένους D.18.208; [[coffin]], E.Or.1053.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[memorial]] [[dedicate]]d to a [[god]], Simon.138; μνάματα [[ναυμαχία]]ς Id.134, cf. Epigr. ap. D.S.11.14: generally, [[monument]], SIG2B (Sigeum, vi B. C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[μνήμη]], [[memory]], μ. ἔχουσ' ἀγαθῶν Thgn.112.