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μιμνήσκω (not μιμν-ήσκω , v. infr.), fut. μνήσω: aor. ἔμνησα: causal Verb, formed in pres. and impf. from μέμνημαι as πιπράσκω from πέπραμαι:—
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. “μιμνήσκοντο13.722 (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. “μνήσομαιOd.7.192, Sapph.32; “μνησθήσομαιHdt.6.19, E.Med.933, etc.; also “μεμνήσομαιIl.22.390, Od.19.581, Hdt.8.62, E.Hipp.1461, Pl.Phlb. 31b, etc.: aor. ἐμνησάμην, inf. “μνήσασθαιOd.4.331, Tyrt.12.1, Hdt. 7.39; rare in Trag., as S.OT564; Ep. “μνησάσκετοIl.11.566; Trag. also ἐμνήσθην (used by Hom. only in Od.4.118), S.El.373, etc.; Aeol. “ἐμνάσθηνSapph.Supp.4.11: pf. μέμνημαι, Aeol. “μέμναιμαιAlc. Supp.28.6, in Att. always in pres. sense, as also freq. in Hom.; 2sg. “μέμνηαιIl.21.442, “μέμνῃ15.18; imper. μέμνησο, Dor. “μέμνα_σοEpich. 250, etc., Ion. “μέμνεοHdt.5.105; subj. “μέμνωμαι -ώμεθαOd.14.168, S.OT49; Ion. -εώμεθα Archil.(?) in PLit.Lond.54.4; opt. “μεμνῄμηνIl.24.745, -“ῇτοAr.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. “μεμνέῳτοIl.23.361; Dor. 3pl. “μεμναίατοPi. Fr.94; inf. μεμνῆσθαι; Aeol. imper. “μέμναισοSapph.Supp.23.8; part. μεμνημένος: plpf. “ἐμεμνήμηνIsoc. 12.35; Ion. 3pl. “ἐμεμνέατοHdt.2.104:—remind oneself of a thing, call to mind:—Constr.: sts. c. acc., remember, “Τυδέα δ᾽ οὐ μέμνημαιIl.6.222, cf. 9.527, Od.14.168, S.OT1057, Pl.Lg.633d, D.44.7; esp. with relat. clause following, “μ. τὸν στόλον ὡς ἔπρηξεHdt.7.18; “μέμνησο δ᾽ ἀμφίβληστρον ὡς ἐκαίνισαςA.Ch.492; “μ. τὸν Εὐφραῖον, οἷ᾽ ἔπαθενD.9.61; also μέμνησο ἐκεῖνο, ὅτι . . X.Cyr.2.4.25; μεμνώμεθα ταῦτα περὶ ἀμφοῖν, ὅτι . . Pl. Phlb.31a: more freq. c. gen., “φίλου μεμνήσομ᾽ ἑταίρουIl.22.390; “τοῦ ποτε μεμνήσεσθαι ὀΐομαιOd.19.581; “οὐδὲ παῖδος οὐδὲ φίλων τοκήων οὐδὲν ἐμνάσθηSapph.Supp. l. c., cf. Hdt.8.62, E.Hipp.1461, etc.; also “μεμνημένος ἀμφ᾽ ὈδυσῆϊOd.4.151; “ἀμφὶ Διώνυσον . . μνήσομαιh.Hom. 7.2; “περὶ πομπῆς μνησόμεθαOd.7.192:—Pass., to be remembered (not in early Prose), “τὰ παραπτώματα οὐ μνησθήσεταιLXX Ez.18.22; “αἱ ἐλεημοσύναι σου ἐμνήσθησανAct.Ap.10.31, cf. Apoc.16.19.
4. abs., “ἀφ᾽ οὗ Ἕλληνες μέμνηνταιTh.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.
III. give heed to, “πατρὸς καὶ μητέροςOd.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 μάχαςB.17.58; “ἀοιδᾶςPi.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-]), SIG704E18 (Delph., late ii B. C., ὑπο-), Did.in An.Ox.1.196; cogn. with Lat. memini, etc.)
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