Mnēmŏsynē, ēs, f., = Μνημοσύνη (remembrance).
I The mother of the Muses , Ov. M. 6, 114; Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 54; Phaedr. 3 prol. 18: natae Mnemosynes, the Muses , Aus. Ep. 4, 64.—
II In plur.: Mnēmŏ-synae , ārum, f., the Muses , Aus. Idyll. 11, 30.
·noun The goddess of memory and the mother of the Muses. ...
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