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μνήμη
memory /ˈmnimi/
nounA2#794 most common
Also: remembrance, recollection, commemoration
Example sentences
Έχω καλή μνήμη.
I have a good memory.
Η γιαγιά μου έχει εξαιρετική μνήμη.
My grandmother has an excellent memory.
Με τον καιρό, η μνήμη μου αρχίζει να με προδίδει.
With time, my memory is beginning to fail me.
Το μνημείο χτίστηκε στη μνήμη των πεσόντων στρατιωτών.
The monument was built in memory of the fallen soldiers.
Αυτή η μελωδία ξύπνησε μέσα μου μια ξεχασμένη μνήμη από τα παιδικά μου χρόνια.
This melody awakened in me a forgotten memory from my childhood.
Η συλλογική μνήμη ενός λαού διαμορφώνεται τόσο από όσα θυμάται όσο κι από όσα επιλέγει να λησμονήσει.
The collective memory of a people is shaped as much by what it remembers as by what it chooses to forget.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | μνήμη | μνήμες |
| Genitive | μνήμης | μνημών |
| Accusative | μνήμη | μνήμες |
| Vocative | μνήμη | μνήμες |
Word family
θυμάμαιto remember
μνημείοmonument, memorial
ανάμνησηrecollection, memoryμνημονεύωto commemorate, mention
αξιομνημόνευτοςmemorable, noteworthy
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μνήμη (mnḗmē) 'memory, remembrance,' derived from the verb μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō) 'to remind, call to mind.' Both trace back to the Proto-Indo-European root *men- 'to think.' The same root underlies the goddess Mnemosyne (personified Memory), and via Greek gave English 'mnemonic' and 'amnesia.'
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