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μιμνήσκω

mimnesko

remind, put in mind

Appears 190 times across Plato's dialogues.

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μιμνήσκω (not μιμν-ῄσκω, v. infr.), fut. μνήσω: aor. ἔμνησα: causal Verb, formed in pres. and impf. from μέμνημαι as πιπράσκω from πέπραμαι:—A. remind, put in mind, μνήσει δέ σε καὶ θεὸς αὐτός Od. 12.38; τινος of a thing, ἐπεί μʼ ἔμνησας ὀϊζύος 3.103; τῶν σʼ αὖτις μνήσω Il. 15.31, cf. 1.407; μηδέ με τούτων μίμνησκʼ Od. 14.169, cf. Thgn. 1123, Theoc. 15.36. II. ἔμνασεν ἑστίαν πατρῴαν . . νικῶν recalled it to memory, made it famous, Pi. P. 11.13.—Act. is mostly Ep., used once in Trag. (lyr.), E. Alc. 878: compds. with ἀνα- or ὑπο- were preferred in Prose. B. Med. and Pass. μιμνήσκομαι, imper. -ήσκεο Il. 22.268: Ep. impf. μιμνήσκοντο 13.722 (the pres. only in later Prose, Pl. Ax. 368a, D.H. 1.13, Plu. 2.653b; μέμνημαι serving as pres. in early writers): other tenses are formed from the stem μνη- (v. μνάομαι): fut. μνήσομαι Od. 7.192, Sapph. 32; μνησθήσομαι Hdt. 6.19, E. Med. 933, etc.; also μεμνήσομαι Il. 22.390, Od. 19.581, Hdt. 8.62, E. Hipp. 1461, Pl. Phlb. 31b, etc.: aor. ἐμνησάμην, inf. μνήσασθαι Od. 4.331, Tyrt. 12.1, Hdt. 7.39; rare in Trag., as S. OT 564; Ep. μνησάσκετο Il. 11.566; Trag. also ἐμνήσθην (used by Hom. only in Od. 4.118), S. El. 373, etc.; Aeol. ἐμνάσθην Sapph. Supp. 4.11: pf. μέμνημαι, Aeol. μέμναιμαι Alc. Supp. 28.6, in Att. always in pres. sense, as also freq. in Hom.; 2sg. μέμνηαι Il. 21.442, μέμνῃ 15.18; imper. μέμνησο, Dor. μέμνᾱσο Epich. 250, etc., Ion. μέμνεο Hdt. 5.105; subj. μέμνωμαι -ώμεθα Od. 14.168, S. OT 49; Ion. -εώμεθα Archil.(?) in PLit.Lond. 54.4; opt. μεμνῄμην Il. 24.745, -ῇτο Ar. Pl. 991 (μεμνῇο, -ῇτο shd. prob. be read for -ῷο or -οῖο, -ῷτο in X. An. 1.7.5, Cyr. 1.6.3, and μεμνοῖτο is dub. in Crates Com. 50); Ep. 3sg. μεμνέῳτο Il. 23.361; Dor. 3pl. μεμναίατο Pi. Fr. 94; inf. μεμνῆσθαι; Aeol. imper. μέμναισο Sapph. Supp. 23.8; part. μεμνημένος: plpf. ἐμεμνήμην Isoc. 12.35; Ion. 3pl. ἐμεμνέατο Hdt. 2.104:—remind oneself of a thing, call to mind:—Constr.: sts. c. acc., remember, Τυδέα δʼ οὐ μέμνημαι Il. 6.222, cf. 9.527, Od. 14.168, S. OT 1057, Pl. Lg. 633d, D. 44.7; esp. with relat. clause following, μ. τὸν στόλον ὡς ἔπρηξε Hdt. 7.18; μέμνησο δʼ ἀμφίβληστρον ὡς ἐκαίνισας A. Ch. 492; μ. τὸν Εὐφραῖον, οἷʼ ἔπαθεν D. 9.61; also μέμνησο ἐκεῖνο, ὅτι . . X. Cyr. 2.4.25; μεμνώμεθα ταῦτα περὶ ἀμφοῖν, ὅτι . . Pl. Phlb. 31a: more freq. c. gen., φίλου μεμνήσομʼ ἑταίρου Il. 22.390; τοῦ ποτε μεμνήσεσθαι ὀΐομαι Od. 19.581; οὐδὲ παῖδος οὐδὲ φίλων τοκήων οὐδὲν ἐμνάσθη Sapph. Supp. l. c., cf. Hdt. 8.62, E. Hipp. 1461, etc.; also μεμνημένος ἀμφʼ Ὀδυσῆϊ Od. 4.151; ἀμφὶ Διώνυσον . . μνήσομαι h.Hom. 7.2; περὶ πομπῆς μνησόμεθα Od. 7.192:—Pass., to be remembered (not in early Prose), τὰ παραπτώματα οὐ μνησθήσεται LXX Ez. 18.22; αἱ ἐλεημοσύναι σου ἐμνήσθησαν Act.Ap. 10.31, cf. Apoc. 16.19. 2. c. inf., μέμνηντο γὰρ αἰεὶ ἀλλήλοις . . ἀλεξέμεναι Il. 17.364; μέμνησο δʼ εἴκειν A. Supp. 202; μέμνησο δάκνειν, διαβάλλειν Ar. Eq. 495; μεμνήσθω ἀγαθὸς ἀνὴρ εἶναι X. An. 3.2.39; μέμνησθέ μοι μὴ θορυβεῖν Pl. Ap. 27b. 3. after Hom., c. part., θνατὰ μεμνάσθω περιστέλλων μέλη let him remember that he clothes, Pi. N. 11.15; μέμνημαι κλύων I remember hearing, A. Ag. 830; μεμνήμεθα ἐλθόντες E. Hec. 244; μ. ἀκούσας X. Cyr. 1.6.3, etc.: folld. by a relat., μέμνησʼ, ὅπως εὖ μοι στομώσεις αὐτόν Ar. Nu. 1107. 4. abs., ἀφʼ οὗ Ἕλληνες μέμνηνται Th. 2.8, cf. 5.66: pf. part. μεμνημένος in commands, ὧδέ τις . . μεμνημένος ἀνδρὶ μαχέσθω let him fight with good heed, let him remember to fight, Il. 19.153, cf. 5.263, Hes. Op. 422, etc. II. make mention of, c. gen., τῶν νῦν μοι μνῆσαι Od. 4.331; Μοῦσαι, μνησαίαθʼ ὅσοι ὑπὸ Ἴλιον ἦλθον (i. e. τῶν, ὅσοι) Il. 2.492; also μνήσασθαι περί τινος Hdt. 7.39: freq. in aor. Pass. μνησθῆναι, Od. 4.118, S. Ph. 310; μνησθῆναι περί τινος Hdt. 1.36, cf. 9.45; περί τινος ἔς τινα Th. 8.47, cf. 1.10, 37, etc.; μνησθεὶς ὑπὲρ τῆς εἰρήνης D. 18.21; μ. τινὸς πρός τινα Lys. 1.19: later c. dat. pers., recall to oneʼs memory, remind, ἐμνήσθην σοι καὶ παρόντι περί . . PLille 12.1 (iii B. C.), cf. PCair.Zen. 122.7, al. (iii B. C.): rarely c. acc., ταῦτα καὶ μακάρων ἐμέμναντʼ ἀγοραί Pi. I. 8(7).29: abs., μευ μεμναμένω εἰ φιλέεις με mentioning your name to see if . . , Theoc. 3.28. III. give heed to, πατρὸς καὶ μητέρος Od. 18.267; μ. βρώμης give heed to food, 10.177; ὡς μεμνέῳτο δρόμου (v.l. δρόμους) that he might give heed to the running, Il. 23.361; μ. χάρμης, δαιτός, σίτου, 4.222, Od. 20.246, Il. 24.129; μεμνᾶσθαι πολέμου τε καὶ μάχας B. 17.58; ἀοιδᾶς Pi. Fr. 94. (Aeol. μιμναίσκω (not μιμνᾴσκω) Hdn.Gr.2.79,178; but Ep., Ion., Att. μιμνήσκω without ι, PCair.Zen. 15v.35 (iii B. C., ὑπο-), Inscr.Magn. 16.27 (early ii B. C., [ἀνα-]), SIG 704E 18 (Delph., late ii B. C., ὑπο-), Did. in An.Ox. 1.196; cogn. with Lat. memini, etc.)
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