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’]

to remember, recollect, recall, call to mind, think of
Synonyms: memorō, referō, moneō, admoneō, retineō, redūcō, recordor

Antonyms: oblīvīscor, oblitterō
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.203:
  “forsan et haec ōlim meminisse iuvābit”
  “Perhaps one day it will be a pleasure to remember [even] these [things].”
- 405 CE, Jerome, 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.“
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
indicative		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
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	meminerim	meminerīs		meminerit	meminerīmus	meminerītis		meminerint
active	imperfect	meminissem	meminissēs		meminisset	meminissēmus	meminissētis		meminissent
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	future	—	mementō		mementō	—	mementōte		—
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		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”)

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