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Can you spell memento as mement?

It's 100% a spelling error. Memento is the singular imperative, and the plural imperative is mementote. That's it. Other forms of this verb use the perfect stem memin- As you can see from this ...
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Syntax of *heptaplomeres*

An adjective on -meres made me think it must be from μέρος "part". And I wouldn't be surprised if an adjective like that were of the ψευδής type, which has a neuter singular on -ές (...
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What is the meaning of these Greek words ἵπποπείρην and ἐπεμβάτην?

An ἐπεμβάτης is a "horse-rider," related to ἐπεμβαίνω, "to step upon, to mount." So δεξιὸν οὐκ ἔχεις ἐπεμβάτην means "you do not have a skillful horse-rider." The noun is ...
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