μιμνάζω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stay”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mim.náz.dɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mimˈna.zo/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mimˈna.zo/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mimˈna.zo/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mimˈna.zo/

Verb

μῐμνᾰ́ζω • (mĭmnắzō)

Epic form of μίμνω (mímnō)
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Illiad 2.391-393:
  ὃν δέ κʼ ἐγὼν ἀπάνευθε μάχης ἐθέλοντα νοήσω μιμνάζειν παρὰ νηυσὶ κορωνίσιν, οὔ οἱ ἔπειτα ἄρκιον ἐσσεῖται φυγέειν κύνας ἠδʼ οἰωνούς
  hòn dé k’ egṑn apáneuthe mákhēs ethélonta noḗsō mimnázein parà nēusì korōnísin, oú hoi épeita árkion esseîtai phugéein kúnas ēd’ oiōnoús
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 176 CE – 180 CE, Oppian, Halieutica 5.463:
  ἀλλʼ αὐτοῦ μίμναζε παρέστιος ἐξέτι τυτθοῦ
  all’ autoû mímnaze paréstios exéti tutthoû
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Present: μῐμνᾰ́ζω, μῐμνᾰ́ζομαι (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	μῐμνᾰ́ζω	μῐμνᾰ́ζεις	μῐμνᾰ́ζει	μῐμνᾰ́ζετον	μῐμνᾰ́ζετον	μῐμνᾰ́ζομεν	μῐμνᾰ́ζετε	μῐμνᾰ́ζουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	μῐμνᾰ́ζω, μῐμνᾰ́ζωμῐ	μῐμνᾰ́ζῃς, μῐμνᾰ́ζῃσθᾰ	μῐμνᾰ́ζῃ, μῐμνᾰ́ζῃσῐ(ν)	μῐμνᾰ́ζητον	μῐμνᾰ́ζητον	μῐμνᾰ́ζωμεν	μῐμνᾰ́ζητε	μῐμνᾰ́ζωσῐ(ν)
	optative	μῐμνᾰ́ζοιμῐ	μῐμνᾰ́ζοις, μῐμνᾰ́ζοισθᾰ	μῐμνᾰ́ζοι	μῐμνᾰ́ζοιτον	μῐμνᾰζοίτην	μῐμνᾰ́ζοιμεν	μῐμνᾰ́ζοιτε	μῐμνᾰ́ζοιεν
	imperative		μῐ́μνᾰζε	μῐμνᾰζέτω	μῐμνᾰ́ζετον	μῐμνᾰζέτων		μῐμνᾰ́ζετε	μῐμνᾰζόντων
middle/passive	indicative	μῐμνᾰ́ζομαι	μῐμνᾰ́ζεαι, μῐμνᾰ́ζῃ	μῐμνᾰ́ζεται	μῐμνᾰ́ζεσθον	μῐμνᾰ́ζεσθον	μῐμνᾰζόμε(σ)θᾰ	μῐμνᾰ́ζεσθε	μῐμνᾰ́ζονται
	subjunctive	μῐμνᾰ́ζωμαι	μῐμνᾰ́ζηαι, μῐμνᾰ́ζῃ	μῐμνᾰ́ζηται	μῐμνᾰ́ζησθον	μῐμνᾰ́ζησθον	μῐμνᾰζώμε(σ)θᾰ	μῐμνᾰ́ζησθε	μῐμνᾰ́ζωνται
	optative	μῐμνᾰζοίμην	μῐμνᾰ́ζοιο	μῐμνᾰ́ζοιτο	μῐμνᾰ́ζοισθον	μῐμνᾰζοίσθην	μῐμνᾰζοίμε(σ)θᾰ	μῐμνᾰ́ζοισθε	μῐμνᾰζοίᾰτο
	imperative		μῐμνᾰ́ζεο, μῐμνᾰ́ζευ	μῐμνᾰζέσθω	μῐμνᾰ́ζεσθον	μῐμνᾰζέσθων		μῐμνᾰ́ζεσθε	μῐμνᾰζέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		μῐμνᾰ́ζειν, μῐμνᾰζέμεν(αι), μῐμνᾰ́ζμεν(αι)				μῐμνᾰ́ζεσθαι
participle	m	μῐμνᾰ́ζων				μῐμνᾰζόμενος
	f	μῐμνᾰ́ζουσᾰ				μῐμνᾰζομένη
	n	μῐμνᾰ́ζον				μῐμνᾰζόμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: μίμναζον, μιμναζόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	μίμναζον	μίμναζες	μίμναζε(ν)	μιμνάζετον	μιμναζέτην	μιμνάζομεν	μιμνάζετε	μίμναζον
middle/passive	indicative	μιμναζόμην	μιμνάζεο, μιμνάζευ	μιμνάζετο	μιμνάζεσθον	μιμναζέσθην	μιμναζόμε(σ)θᾰ	μιμνάζεσθε	μιμνάζοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

References

“μιμνάζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“μιμνάζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
μιμνάζω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“μιμνάζω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
μιμνάζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
μιμνάζω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011