memorabilis

Latin

Etymology

From memorārī, memoror (“I remember”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /me.moˈraː.bi.lis/, [mɛmɔˈräːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.moˈra.bi.lis/, [memoˈräːbilis]

Adjective

memorābilis (neuter memorābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. being memorable or remarkable, unforgettable, worthy of mention, glorious
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.583–584:

     “‘[...] Namque etsī nūllum memorābile nōmen
     fēminea in poenā est, nec habet victōria laudem [...].’”

     “‘And for although there is no memorable name [to be had] in a punishment [exacted] of a woman, nor has [such a] victory [any] honor….’”
     (Aeneas recalls the moment he considered whether to kill Helen.)

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	memorābilis	memorābile		memorābilēs	memorābilia
Genitive	memorābilis			memorābilium
Dative	memorābilī			memorābilibus
Accusative	memorābilem	memorābile		memorābilēs memorābilīs	memorābilia
Ablative	memorābilī			memorābilibus
Vocative	memorābilis	memorābile		memorābilēs	memorābilia

Derived terms

• memorābilia (comes from the neuter plural)

Descendants

• Catalan: memorable
• English: memorable
• French: mémorable
• Galician: memorable, memorábel
• Italian: memorabile
• Portuguese: memorável
• Romanian: memorabil
• Spanish: memorable

References

• “memorabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “memorabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• memorabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.