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ὑπόμνημα

upomnema · τό

reminder, memorial

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What it meant

ὑπόμνημα · hypomnēma — LSJ

reminder, memorial, means of remembrance

reminder, memorial, ἔχειν ὑπομνήματά τινος Th. 2.44; ἵνʼ ὑ. τοῖς ἐπιγιγνομένοις ᾖ τῆς τῶν βαρβάρων ἀσεβείας Isoc. 4.156, cf. 73; τῆς ἀρετῆς ὑ. μᾶλλον ἢ τοῦ σώματος καταλιπεῖν Id. 2.36, cf. D. 23.210; τοιούτοις χρώμενος ὑπομνήμασιν such means of remembrance, Pl. Phdr. 249c; freq. in Inscrr., e.g. ὅπως ὑ. τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης ᾖ, . . στεφανηφορεῖν Ἐρετριεῖς πάντας IG 12(9).192.5 (Eretria, iv B. C.); ἀνθέμεν ὗν ἀργύρεον ὑπόμνᾱμα τᾶς ἀμαθίας ib. 42 (1).121.39 (Epid., iv B. C.).

2 tomb

tomb, Ath.Mitt. 29.294, al. (Mysia).

II reminder, mention, written reminder, memorandum

reminder, mention, in a speech, Th. 4.126; in a letter, X. An. 1.6.3; esp. written reminder, memorandum, ὑ. Ζήνωνι παρὰ Διονυσίου, τῷ φέροντί σοι τὸ ὑ., PCair.Zen. 307.1, 19 (iii B. C.), cf. 301.1, al. (iii B. C.).

2 note, memorandum, note

note or memorandum entered by a tradesman in his day-book, ὑπόμνημα ἀπεγράψατο he had a note made of it, D. 49.30, cf. 28.6; of bankers, εἰώθασιν ὑπομνήματα γράφεσθαι ὧν διδόασι χρημάτων . . Id. 49.5.

3 memoranda, notes

mostly in pl., memoranda, notes, Hp. Art. 34 (but prob. a gloss), Pl. Phdr. 276d; ὑ. γράφειν, γράψασθαι, Id. Plt. 295c, Tht. 143a.

4 minutes, public records, acts, records, decisions

minutes of the proceedings of a public body, public records, τὰ κατʼ ἄρχοντας ὑ. Plu. Herod. 2.867a, cf. D.S. 1.4, Luc. Dem.Enc. 26, etc.; τὰ τῆς βουλῆς ὑ. the acts of the Senate, D.C. 78.22; ἐπὶ τῶν ὑ. τῆς συγκλήτου, = Lat. a commentariis, IG 4.588 (Argos, ii A. D.), 5(1).533 (Sparta, ii A. D.); ἐπὶ τῶν ὑ. καταστῆσαί τινα J. AJ 7.5.4, cf. LXX 2 Ki. 8.16 (quoted by J. l.c.); records of a magistrate, POxy. 1252r. 26 (iii A. D.), etc.; including his decisions, Mitteis Chr. 372 iv 20 (ii A. D.), PO

5 dissertations, treatises

dissertations or treatises written by philosophers, rhetoricians, and artists, Archyt. ap. D.L. 8.80 sq., Sotad.Com. 1.35, Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1014.67, Longin. 44.12, D.L. 4.4; of historical or geographical works, Plb. 1.1.1, 1.35.6, 3.32.4, Ptol. Geog. 1.6.2, etc.; of medical works, Gal. 6.460,691, al. (the same work is called ὑ. and σύγγραμμα in 15.1).

b division, section

division, section, ‘book’ of such a treatise, Phld. Mus. p.92 K., Po. 5.26, PMed. in Arch.Pap. 4.270.

c explanatory notes, commentaries, commentaries, notes, commentaries, commentary

explanatory notes, commentaries, Sch. Ar. Av. 1242, etc.; of the Homeric commentaries of Aristarch., Sch. Il. 2.420, al.; εἰ γὰρ τὰ συγγράμματα (Aristarchus’ independent treatises on Homeric questions) τῶν ὑπομνημάτων προτάττοιμεν . . Did. ap. Sch. Il. 2.111; so Gal. distinguishes ὑπομνήματα (clinical notes) from συγγράμματα of Hippocrates, 16.532, 543; and the συγγράμματα of Hp. from his own commentaries (ὑπομνήματα) on them, ib. 811; commentary, οὕτω Θέων ἐν ὑ. τῷ εἰς Θεόκριτον Et.Gud.d s.v. γ

III draft, copy

draft or copy of a letter, Pl. Ep. 363e.

IV memorial, petition

memorial, petition, addressed to a magistrate, whereas the ἔντευξις 4 is in form addressed to the king, IG 12(3).327.4 (Egypt, iii B. C.), BGU 1007.1 (iii B. C.), PTeb. 30.10, al. (ii B. C.), UPZ 23.2, 28.3 (ii B. C.), etc.

2 notification

notification, e.g. of birth, PFay. 28.12 (ii A. D.); of removal, POxy. 251.29 (i A. D.), etc.

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