Mnemosyne

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.

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