1. μνάομαι · mnaomai — Beekes
μνάομαι ‘to remember, think of, ponder’, also ‘to woo (a woman), court’. Ξμιμνήσκω. — [Beekes, s.v. μνάομαι, p. 1011]
The corpus record
μνάομαι
mnaomai
to remember, think of, ponder
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Where it lives
- Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
- Odyssey 20 · 2.3/10k
- Iliad 4 · 0.36/10k
- Histories 3 · 0.16/10k
- Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
What it meant
2. μνάομαι · mnaomai — Chantraine
μνάομαι, cf. μιμνήσκω. μνάριον : τὸ καλλύντρον. Βοιωτοί (Hsch.). — [Chantraine, s.v. μνάομαι, p. 724]
3. μνάομαι · mnaomai — Frisk
μνάομαι ‘sich erinnern, gedenken, sinnen’, auch “(um eine Frau) werben, freien’ 5. μιμνήσκω. — [Frisk, s.v. μνάομαι, p. 1219]
4. μνάομαι · mnaomai — LSJ
I to be mindful of, when I remember him, turn oneʼs mind
to be mindful of, c. gen., οὐ πολέμοιο ἐμνώοντο Il. 2.686; μνώοντʼ ὀλοοῖο φόβοιο 11.71; μνωόμενος προτέρης ἁρπακτύος Call. Ap. 95: abs., μνωομένῳ when I remember him, Od. 4.106, cf. 15.400; also, turn oneʼs mind to a thing, φύγαδε μνώοντο ἕκαστος Il. 16.697.
II woo for oneʼs bride, court
woo for oneʼs bride, court (not in Il.), c. acc., μήτʼ αὐτὸν κτείνειν μήτε μνάασθαι ἄκοιτιν, of Aegisthus, Od. 1.39; τὴν πάντες μνώοντο 11.287: with no acc. expressed, 16.77, 19.529.
2 sue for, solicit
after Hom., sue for, solicit a favour, office, etc., μνώμενος ἀρχήν Hdt. 1.96; μνώμενον βασιληίην ib. 205; φιλοτιμίαν μνώμενοι ἢ στάσιν Pi. Fr. 210; εὔνοιαν ἑαυτῷ παρὰ τῶν στρατιωτῶν μ. Hdn. 7.9.11; πᾶσαν ἑαυτῷ πόλιν πατρίδα μ. Hld. 3.14.—Ep., Ion., and late Prose; once in Com. (v. supr.). (For signf. I cf. μιμνήσκω; in signf. II perh. from μνᾱ- = βνᾱ-, i.e. gṷnā-, cf. γυνή.)
In the wild
- μνάασθαι · mnaasthai Epictetus, Discourses 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3822)
- μνῶνται · mnōntai Epictetus, Fragments (DIORISIS sentence 177)
- ἐμνᾶτο · emnato Herodotus, Histories 1.205.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1462)
- μνώμενον · mnōmenon Herodotus, Histories 1.205.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1463)
- μνώμενος · mnōmenos Herodotus, Histories 1.96.2 (DIORISIS sentence 708)
- μνώοντʼ · mnōontʼ Iliad 11.71
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μνάομαι (scan p. 1011; entry #4125).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μνάομαι (scan p. 724; entry #5350).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μνάομαι (scan p. 1219; entry #3913).
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