μιμνήσκω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mi-mn̥h₂-sḱe-, from the root *men- with inchoative suffix -σκω (-skō). Cognates include μνάομαι (mnáomai, “to be mindful”), Sanskrit अम्नासिषु (amnāsiṣu), मम्नौ (mamnau, “remember, repeat in the mind”, perfect).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mim.nɛ̌ːs.kɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mimˈne̝s.ko/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mimˈnis.ko/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mimˈnis.ko/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mimˈnis.ko/
Verb
μῐμνήσκω • (mimnḗskō) first-singular present indicative
- (active voice)
- (transitive) to remind [+accusative and genitive = someone of something], put in mind
- 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 1123
- (transitive) to recall something to memory, to make famous
- (transitive) to remind [+accusative and genitive = someone of something], put in mind
- (middle and passive voices)
- (transitive) to call to mind, remember [+genitive or less commonly accusative = something, someone]
- New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 10:31
- New Testament, Revelation 16:19
- to remember [+infinitive = that ...]
- (after Homer) to remember [+participle = doing]
- (intransitive) to bear in mind, to not forget
- (transitive) to remember aloud, to mention [+genitive = something]
- (transitive) to give heed to [+genitive = someone]
- (transitive) to call to mind, remember [+genitive or less commonly accusative = something, someone]
Inflection
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | μῐμνήσκω | μῐμνήσκεις | μῐμνήσκει | μῐμνήσκετον | μῐμνήσκετον | μῐμνήσκομεν | μῐμνήσκετε | μῐμνήσκουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | μῐμνήσκω | μῐμνήσκῃς | μῐμνήσκῃ | μῐμνήσκητον | μῐμνήσκητον | μῐμνήσκωμεν | μῐμνήσκητε | μῐμνήσκωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | μῐμνήσκοιμῐ | μῐμνήσκοις | μῐμνήσκοι | μῐμνήσκοιτον | μῐμνησκοίτην | μῐμνήσκοιμεν | μῐμνήσκοιτε | μῐμνήσκοιεν | |||||
| imperative | μῐ́μνησκε | μῐμνησκέτω | μῐμνήσκετον | μῐμνησκέτων | μῐμνήσκετε | μῐμνησκόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | μῐμνήσκομαι | μῐμνήσκῃ, μῐμνήσκει |
μῐμνήσκεται | μῐμνήσκεσθον | μῐμνήσκεσθον | μῐμνησκόμεθᾰ | μῐμνήσκεσθε | μῐμνήσκονται | ||||
| subjunctive | μῐμνήσκωμαι | μῐμνήσκῃ | μῐμνήσκηται | μῐμνήσκησθον | μῐμνήσκησθον | μῐμνησκώμεθᾰ | μῐμνήσκησθε | μῐμνήσκωνται | |||||
| optative | μῐμνησκοίμην | μῐμνήσκοιο | μῐμνήσκοιτο | μῐμνήσκοισθον | μῐμνησκοίσθην | μῐμνησκοίμεθᾰ | μῐμνήσκοισθε | μῐμνήσκοιντο | |||||
| imperative | μῐμνήσκου | μῐμνησκέσθω | μῐμνήσκεσθον | μῐμνησκέσθων | μῐμνήσκεσθε | μῐμνησκέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | μῐμνήσκειν | μῐμνήσκεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | μῐμνήσκων | μῐμνησκόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | μῐμνήσκουσᾰ | μῐμνησκομένη | |||||||||||
| n | μῐμνῆσκον | μῐμνησκόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Imperfect: ἐμῐ́μνησκον, ἐμῐμνησκόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐμῐ́μνησκον | ἐμῐ́μνησκες | ἐμῐ́μνησκε(ν) | ἐμῐμνήσκετον | ἐμῐμνησκέτην | ἐμῐμνήσκομεν | ἐμῐμνήσκετε | ἐμῐ́μνησκον | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐμῐμνησκόμην | ἐμῐμνήσκου | ἐμῐμνήσκετο | ἐμῐμνήσκεσθον | ἐμῐμνησκέσθην | ἐμῐμνησκόμεθᾰ | ἐμῐμνήσκεσθε | ἐμῐμνήσκοντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Future: μνήσω, μνήσομαι, μνησθήσομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | μνήσω | μνήσεις | μνήσει | μνήσετον | μνήσετον | μνήσομεν | μνήσετε | μνήσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | μνήσοιμῐ | μνήσοις | μνήσοι | μνήσοιτον | μνησοίτην | μνήσοιμεν | μνήσοιτε | μνήσοιεν | |||||
| middle | indicative | μνήσομαι | μνήσῃ, μνήσει |
μνήσεται | μνήσεσθον | μνήσεσθον | μνησόμεθᾰ | μνήσεσθε | μνήσονται | ||||
| optative | μνησοίμην | μνήσοιο | μνήσοιτο | μνήσοισθον | μνησοίσθην | μνησοίμεθᾰ | μνήσοισθε | μνήσοιντο | |||||
| passive | indicative | μνησθήσομαι | μνησθήσῃ | μνησθήσεται | μνησθήσεσθον | μνησθήσεσθον | μνησθησόμεθᾰ | μνησθήσεσθε | μνησθήσονται | ||||
| optative | μνησθησοίμην | μνησθήσοιο | μνησθήσοιτο | μνησθήσοισθον | μνησθησοίσθην | μνησθησοίμεθᾰ | μνησθήσοισθε | μνησθήσοιντο | |||||
| active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
| infinitive | μνήσειν | μνήσεσθαι | μνησθήσεσθαι | ||||||||||
| participle | m | μνήσων | μνησόμενος | μνησθησόμενος | |||||||||
| f | μνήσουσᾰ | μνησομένη | μνησθησομένη | ||||||||||
| n | μνῆσον | μνησόμενον | μνησθησόμενον | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Future: μεμνήσω, μεμνήσομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | μεμνήσω | μεμνήσεις | μεμνήσει | μεμνήσετον | μεμνήσετον | μεμνήσομεν | μεμνήσετε | μεμνήσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | μεμνήσοιμῐ | μεμνήσοις | μεμνήσοι | μεμνήσοιτον | μεμνησοίτην | μεμνήσοιμεν | μεμνήσοιτε | μεμνήσοιεν | |||||
| middle | indicative | μεμνήσομαι | μεμνήσῃ, μεμνήσει |
μεμνήσεται | μεμνήσεσθον | μεμνήσεσθον | μεμνησόμεθᾰ | μεμνήσεσθε | μεμνήσονται | ||||
| optative | μεμνησοίμην | μεμνήσοιο | μεμνήσοιτο | μεμνήσοισθον | μεμνησοίσθην | μεμνησοίμεθᾰ | μεμνήσοισθε | μεμνήσοιντο | |||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | μεμνήσειν | μεμνήσεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | μεμνήσων | μεμνησόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | μεμνήσουσᾰ | μεμνησομένη | |||||||||||
| n | μεμνῆσον | μεμνησόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Aorist: ἔμνησᾰ, ἐμνησᾰ́μην, ἐμνήσθην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔμνησᾰ | ἔμνησᾰς | ἔμνησε(ν) | ἐμνήσᾰτον | ἐμνησᾰ́την | ἐμνήσᾰμεν | ἐμνήσᾰτε | ἔμνησᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | μνήσω | μνήσῃς | μνήσῃ | μνήσητον | μνήσητον | μνήσωμεν | μνήσητε | μνήσωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | μνήσαιμῐ | μνήσειᾰς, μνήσαις |
μνήσειε(ν), μνήσαι |
μνήσαιτον | μνησαίτην | μνήσαιμεν | μνήσαιτε | μνήσειᾰν, μνήσαιεν | |||||
| imperative | μνῆσον | μνησᾰ́τω | μνήσᾰτον | μνησᾰ́των | μνήσᾰτε | μνησᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐμνησᾰ́μην | ἐμνήσω | ἐμνήσᾰτο | ἐμνήσᾰσθον | ἐμνησᾰ́σθην | ἐμνησᾰ́μεθᾰ | ἐμνήσᾰσθε | ἐμνήσᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | μνήσωμαι | μνήσῃ | μνήσηται | μνήσησθον | μνήσησθον | μνησώμεθᾰ | μνήσησθε | μνήσωνται | |||||
| optative | μνησαίμην | μνήσαιο | μνήσαιτο | μνήσαισθον | μνησαίσθην | μνησαίμεθᾰ | μνήσαισθε | μνήσαιντο | |||||
| imperative | μνῆσαι | μνησᾰ́σθω | μνήσᾰσθον | μνησᾰ́σθων | μνήσᾰσθε | μνησᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| passive | indicative | ἐμνήσθην | ἐμνήσθης | ἐμνήσθη | ἐμνήσθητον | ἐμνησθήτην | ἐμνήσθημεν | ἐμνήσθητε | ἐμνήσθησᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | μνησθῶ | μνησθῇς | μνησθῇ | μνησθῆτον | μνησθῆτον | μνησθῶμεν | μνησθῆτε | μνησθῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | μνησθείην | μνησθείης | μνησθείη | μνησθεῖτον, μνησθείητον |
μνησθείτην, μνησθειήτην |
μνησθεῖμεν, μνησθείημεν |
μνησθεῖτε, μνησθείητε |
μνησθεῖεν, μνησθείησᾰν | |||||
| imperative | μνήσθητῐ | μνησθήτω | μνήσθητον | μνησθήτων | μνήσθητε | μνησθέντων | |||||||
| active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
| infinitive | μνῆσαι | μνήσᾰσθαι | μνησθῆναι | ||||||||||
| participle | m | μνήσᾱς | μνησᾰ́μενος | μνησθείς | |||||||||
| f | μνήσᾱσᾰ | μνησᾰμένη | μνησθεῖσᾰ | ||||||||||
| n | μνῆσᾰν | μνησᾰ́μενον | μνησθέν | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | μνῆσᾰ | μνῆσᾰς | μνῆσε(ν) | μνήσᾰτον | μνησᾰ́την | μνήσᾰμεν | μνήσᾰτε | μνῆσᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | μνήσω, μνήσωμῐ |
μνήσῃς, μνήσῃσθᾰ |
μνήσῃ, μνήσῃσῐ |
μνήσητον | μνήσητον | μνήσωμεν | μνήσητε | μνήσωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | μνήσαιμῐ | μνήσαις, μνήσαισθᾰ, μνήσειᾰς |
μνήσειε(ν), μνήσαι |
μνησεῖτον | μνησείτην | μνησεῖμεν | μνησεῖτε | μνησεῖεν | |||||
| imperative | μνῆσον | μνησᾰ́τω | μνήσᾰτον | μνησᾰ́των | μνήσᾰτε | μνησᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| middle | indicative | μνησᾰ́μην | μνήσω | μνήσᾰτο | μνήσᾰσθον | μνησᾰ́σθην | μνησᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ | μνήσᾰσθε | μνήσᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | μνήσωμαι, μνησώμαιμῐ |
μνήσηαι, μνήσηαι |
μνήσηται, μνησήταισῐ |
μνήσησθον | μνήσησθον | μνησώμε(σ)θᾰ | μνήσησθε | μνήσωνται | |||||
| optative | μνησαίμην | μνήσαιο | μνήσαιτο | μνήσαισθον | μνησαίσθην | μνησαίμε(σ)θᾰ | μνήσαισθε | μνησαίᾰτο | |||||
| imperative | μνῆσαι | μνησᾰ́σθω | μνήσᾰσθον | μνησᾰ́σθων | μνήσᾰσθε | μνησᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| passive | indicative | μνήσθην | μνήσθης | μνήσθη | μνήσθητον | μνησθήτην | μνήσθημεν | μνήσθητε | μνήσθησᾰν, μνῆσθεν | ||||
| subjunctive | μνησθῶ, μνησθῶμῐ |
μνησθῇς, μνησθῇσθᾰ |
μνησθῇ, μνησθῇσῐ |
μνησθῆτον | μνησθῆτον | μνησθῶμεν | μνησθῆτε | μνησθῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | μνησθείην | μνησθείης | μνησθείη | μνησθεῖτον, μνησθείητον |
μνησθείτην, μνησθειήτην |
μνησθεῖμεν, μνησθείημεν |
μνησθεῖτε, μνησθείητε |
μνήσθειεν, μνησθείησᾰν | |||||
| imperative | μνήσθητῐ | μνησθήτω | μνήσθητον | μνησθήτων | μνήσθητε | μνησθέντων | |||||||
| active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
| infinitive | μνῆσαι/μνησᾰ́μεν/μνησᾰμέναι | μνήσᾰσθαι | μνησθῆναι/μνησθήμεναι | ||||||||||
| participle | m | μνήσᾱς | μνησᾰ́μενος | μνησθείς | |||||||||
| f | μνήσᾱσᾰ | μνησᾰμένη | μνησθεῖσᾰ | ||||||||||
| n | μνῆσᾰν | μνησᾰ́μενον | μνησθέν | ||||||||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Perfect: μέμνηκᾰ, μέμνημαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | μέμνηκᾰ | μέμνηκᾰς | μέμνηκε(ν) | μεμνήκᾰτον | μεμνήκᾰτον | μεμνήκᾰμεν | μεμνήκᾰτε | μεμνήκᾱσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | μεμνήκω | μεμνήκῃς | μεμνήκῃ | μεμνήκητον | μεμνήκητον | μεμνήκωμεν | μεμνήκητε | μεμνήκωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | μεμνήκοιμῐ, μεμνηκοίην |
μεμνήκοις, μεμνηκοίης |
μεμνήκοι, μεμνηκοίη |
μεμνήκοιτον | μεμνηκοίτην | μεμνήκοιμεν | μεμνήκοιτε | μεμνήκοιεν | |||||
| imperative | μέμνηκε | μεμνηκέτω | μεμνήκετον | μεμνηκέτων | μεμνήκετε | μεμνηκόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | μέμνημαι | μέμνησαι | μέμνηται | μέμνησθον | μέμνησθον | μεμνήμεθᾰ | μέμνησθε | μέμνηνται | ||||
| subjunctive | μεμνημένος ὦ | μεμνημένος ᾖς | μεμνημένος ᾖ | μεμνημένω ἦτον | μεμνημένω ἦτον | μεμνημένοι ὦμεν | μεμνημένοι ἦτε | μεμνημένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | μεμνημένος εἴην | μεμνημένος εἴης | μεμνημένος εἴη | μεμνημένω εἴητον/εἶτον | μεμνημένω εἰήτην/εἴτην | μεμνημένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν | μεμνημένοι εἴητε/εἶτε | μεμνημένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν | |||||
| imperative | μέμνησο | μεμνήσθω | μέμνησθον | μεμνήσθων | μέμνησθε | μεμνήσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | μεμνηκέναι | μεμνῆσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | μεμνηκώς | μεμνημένος | ||||||||||
| f | μεμνηκυῖᾰ | μεμνημένη | |||||||||||
| n | μεμνηκός | μεμνημένον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Pluperfect: ἐμεμνήκειν, ἐμεμνήμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐμεμνήκειν, ἐμεμνήκη |
ἐμεμνήκεις, ἐμεμνήκης |
ἐμεμνήκει(ν) | ἐμεμνήκετον | ἐμεμνηκέτην | ἐμεμνήκεμεν | ἐμεμνήκετε | ἐμεμνήκεσᾰν | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐμεμνήμην | ἐμέμνησο | ἐμέμνητο | ἐμέμνησθον | ἐμεμνήσθην | ἐμεμνήμεθᾰ | ἐμέμνησθε | ἐμέμνηντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Future perfect: μεμνήσομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | μεμνήσομαι | μεμνήσῃ, μεμνήσει |
μεμνήσεται | μεμνήσεσθον | μεμνήσεσθον | μεμνησόμεθᾰ | μεμνήσεσθε | μεμνήσονται | ||||
| optative | μεμνησοίμην | μεμνήσοιο | μεμνήσοιτο | μεμνήσοισθον | μεμνησοίσθην | μεμνησοίμεθᾰ | μεμνήσοισθε | μεμνήσοιντο | |||||
| middle/passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | μεμνήσεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | μεμνησόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | μεμνησομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | μεμνησόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- ἀναμιμνήσκω (anamimnḗskō)
- ἐπαναμιμνῄσκω (epanamimnḗiskō)
- παρυπομιμνήσκω (parupomimnḗskō)
- προαναμιμνήσκω (proanamimnḗskō)
- προμιμνήσκω (promimnḗskō)
- προσαναμιμνήσκω (prosanamimnḗskō)
- προσυπομιμνήσκω (prosupomimnḗskō)
- συναναμιμνήσκω (sunanamimnḗskō)
- ὑπομιμνήσκω (hupomimnḗskō)
References
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