αμνησία

See also: ἀμνησία

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía), semantic loan from French amnésie, from Ancient Greek privative ἀ- (a-) + stem μνη- of verb μιμνῄσκω (mimnḗiskō, “remind”) + suffix for abstract feminine nouns -σία (-sía)[1][2]

Noun

αμνησία • (amnisía) f (plural αμνησίες)

  1. amnesia

Declension
declension of αμνησία
case     \     number singular plural
nominative αμνησία • αμνησίες •
genitive αμνησίας • αμνησιών •
accusative αμνησία • αμνησίες •
vocative αμνησία • αμνησίες •
  • αμεριμνησία f (amerimnisía, “unconcern”)
  • αμνημοσύνη f (amnimosýni, “forgetfulness”)
  • αμνησία f (amnisía, “amnesia”) (also psychiatry)
  • δυσμνησία f (dysmnisía, “dysmnesia”) (psychiatry)
  • παραμνησία f (paramnisía, “paramnesia”) (psychiatry)
  • υπερμνησία f (ypermnisía, “hypermnesia”) (psychiatry)
  • and see: μνήμη f (mními, “memory”)

Further reading

References
  1. αμνησία - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. αμνησία - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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