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”).
Verb
meminī (present infinitive meminisse); third conjugation, defective
- I remember; am mindful of
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.8:
- Memento ut diem sabbati sanctifices.
- Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- Memento ut diem sabbati sanctifices.
Inflection
| Conjugation of memini (third conjugation, active only, perfect forms as present, pluperfect as imperfect, future perfect as future) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | meminerimus | memineritis | meminerint |
| imperfect | meminissem | meminissēs | meminisset | meminissēmus | meminissētis | meminissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| future | — | mementō | — | — | mementōte | — | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | meminisse | — | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Synonyms
- memoriā teneō (idiomatic, "I hold in memory")
- recordor
Derived terms
- commeminī (“I remember clearly”)
Related terms
- moneō (“I warn”)
- reminīscor (“I 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
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- do not forget: mementote with Acc. c. Inf.
- 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
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