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): /ˈme.mi.niː/, [ˈmɛmɪniː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.mi.ni/, [ˈmɛːmini]

Verb

meminī (present infinitive meminisse); third conjugation, 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, 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.

2. to be mindful of

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of meminī (third conjugation, no present stem, no supine stem, 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	meminerīmus	meminerītis	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")

Derived terms

• commeminī (“I remember clearly”)

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.
• 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