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μνήμη

mneme

remembrance, memory

Appears 68 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

μνήμη, Dor. μνάμα, ἡ, (μνάομαι) A. remembrance, memory of a person or thing, abs. or c. gen., κακῶν μ. γίνεται οὐδεμία Thgn. 798; οὔτʼ ἀγαθῶν μνήμην εἰδότες οὔτε κακῶν Id. 1114; τῶν ἐμῶν μνάμα ποκʼ ἐσσεῖται πόνων Epich. 254; λείπεσθαι ἀθάνατον μ. (sc. ἑαυτοῦ) Hdt. 4.144; μ. ἔχειν τινός S. OT 1246, OC 509, etc.; τάφου μ. τίθεσθαι E. Ph. 1585; οἱ ἄνθρωποι πρὸς ἃ ἔπασχον τὴν μ. ἐποιοῦντο made their recollections suit their sufferings, Th. 2.54; μνήμην πεποίηκεν has made [him] remembered, Arist. Rh. 1414a6: pl., ἀγήρατοι μνῆμαι Lys. 2.79; of the dead, μακαρίας μνήμης, θείας μνήμης, IG 7.175 (Megara), Just. Nov. 43 Praef., etc.; κρατίστης μνήμης Wilcken Chr. 26.30 (ii A. D.); μνήμης ἀρίστης IG 7.2808.6 (Hyettus, iii A. D.). 2. memory as a power of the mind, Simon. 146, etc.; μνήμην ἁπάντων μουσομήτορʼ ἐργάνην A. Pr. 461; proper to animals, opp. ἀνάμνησις, of man, Pl. Phlb. 34c, cf. μνημονεύω I.2; εἰπεῖν τι μνήμης ἄπο from memory, S. OT 1131; ἐν μνήμῃ λαβεῖν Pl. Ti. 26b; φυλάξαι τῇ μ. Id. Lg. 783c; εἰς μ. ἀναληπτέον ib.864b; ἐφʼ ὅσον μ. ἀνθρώπων ἐφικνεῖται X. Cyr. 5.5.8; φέρειν ἐν μ. Men. Mon. 435: pl., αἱ πολλαὶ μ. τοῦ αὐτοῦ πράγματος μιᾶς ἐμπειρίας δύναμιν ἀποτελοῦσιν all the memories, acts of memory, Arist. Metaph. 980b29, cf. APo. 100a5; powers of memory, Id. Rh. 1362b24 (s. v. l.). 3. memorial, record, κυπαρίττιναι μνῆμαι εἰς τὸν ἔπειτα χρόνον καταγεγραμμέναι Pl. Lg. 741c; μνῆμαι ἐν μέτροις καὶ ἄνευ μέτρων inscriptions, Arist. Rh. 1361a34; μ. μυθολόγος mythological record, history, Call. Aet. 3.1.55, cf. Gal. Sect.Intr. 2. II. mention, notice of a thing, μ. ποιεῖσθαί τινος Hdt. 1.15, etc.; μ. ποιήσασθαι περί or ὑπέρ τινος, Plb. 2.7.12, 2.71.1; ἡ ὑπὲρ τῶν δικαίων μ. D.S. 15.52; μ. ἔχειν τινός Hdt. 1.14, etc. (cf. supr. 1); μ. ἐπασκέειν Id. 2.77. III. μνήμη βασίλειος the imperial cabinet or archives, τῆς β. μ. προεστώς, = Lat. a memoria, Hdn. 4.8.4, cf. D.C. 76.14 (prob.). IV. = μνῆμα, tomb, AJP 48.18 (Rome).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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