μνήμων

mnemon

mindful

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On Memory 1
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Chapter 1 449b4–451a17

450b9
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 3 807a31–808b10

808b9
Politics 1
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Book VI 1
Chapter 8 1321b4–1323a10

1321b39

Dictionary (LSJ)

μνήμων, Dor. μνάμων, ὁ, ἡ, μνῆμον, τό, gen. ονος, (μνάομαι) A. mindful, καὶ γὰρ μ. εἰμί I remember it well, Od. 21.95; μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν A. Pr. 789: c. gen., mindful of, giving heed to, φόρτου τε μνήμων Od. 8.163; κακῶν μνήμονες A. Eu. 383 (lyr.). 2. ever-mindful, unforgetting, Ἐρινύες Id. Pr. 516, cf. S. Aj. 1390; μῆνις A. Ag. 155 (lyr.). 3. having a good memory, Ar. Nu. 414, 484, Pl. Tht. 144a; οὐ πάνυ εἰμὶ μ. I have not a good memory, Id. Men. 71c: prov., μισέω μνάμονα συμπόταν Lyr.Adesp. 141, etc. II. Act., reminding: hence, 1. counsellor, ‘mentor’, Eust. 1697.55. 2. among the Dorians of Sicily, ὁ μνάμων, = ἐπίσταθμος συμποσίου, Lat. magister convivii, Plu. 2.612d. 3. μνήμονες, οἱ, title of magistrates, recorders, Arist. Pol. 1321b39, SIG 45.8 (Halic., v B. C.), Leg.Gort. 11.16: in sg., registrar of titles or conveyances, BGU 177.6 (i A. D.), PLond. 2.299.20 (ii A. D.). III. Adv. μνημόνως Ael. NA 13.22.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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