memini

See also: Memini

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *memonai, from Proto-Indo-European *memóne (“to remember”), perfect of the root *men- (“to think”). Compare mēns (“mind”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛ.mɪ.niː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛː.mi.ni]

Verb

meminī (present infinitive meminisse); third conjugation, no present stem, perfect forms have present meaning, no supine stem [with genitive or accusative ‘someone or something’]

1. to remember, recollect, recall, call to mind, think of

   Synonyms: memorō, referō, moneō, admoneō, retineō, redūcō, recordor

   Antonyms: oblīvīscor, oblitterō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.203:

     “forsan et haec ōlim meminisse iuvābit”

     “Perhaps one day it will be a pleasure to remember [even] these [things].”

   • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Exodus.20.8:

     Mementō ut diem sabbatī sānctificēs.

     Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

   • Canon Missae, From “Commemoratio pro defunctis“:

     “Mementō etiam, Domine, famulōrum famulārumque Tuārum, quī nōs praecessērunt cum signō fideī et dormiunt in somnō pācīs. Ipsīs, Domine, et omnibus in Christō quiēscentibus, locum refrīgeriī, lūcis et pācīs, ut indulgeās, dēprecāmur.“

     “Remember also, O Lord, Your male and female servants who have gone before us with the sign of faith and rest in the sleep of peace. To them, O Lord, and to all those who rest in Christ, we ask that you would grant a place of refreshment, light and peace.“

2. to be mindful of; to bear in mind

Usage notes

This verb is perfect in form but present in meaning. See also ōdī.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of meminī (third conjugation, no present stem, perfect forms have present meaning, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	meminī		meministī		meminit		meminimus		meministis		meminērunt, meminēre
	imperfect	memineram		meminerās		meminerat		meminerāmus		meminerātis		meminerant
	future	meminerō		memineris		meminerit		meminerimus		memineritis		meminerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	meminerim		meminerīs		meminerit		meminerīmus		meminerītis		meminerint
	imperfect	meminissem		meminissēs		meminisset		meminissēmus		meminissētis		meminissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	future	—		mementō		mementō		—		mementōte		—
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		meminisse			—			meminēns			—

Synonyms

• memoriā teneō (“to hold in memory”)

Derived terms

• commeminī (“to remember clearly”)
• rememinī (“to call to mind; to remember”)
• mentiō (“mention; a calling to mind”)

Related terms

• mēns (“mind”)
• moneō (“warn”)
• reminīscor (“remember”)

References

• “memini”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “memini”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “memini”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• memini, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • do not forget: mementote with Acc. c. Inf.
    
• “memini”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly