memini

Latin

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Italic *memonai, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *memón- (“to remember”), perfect of the root *men- (“to think”).

Verb

1. 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.

Inflection

Template:la-conj-3rd

Defective Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	perfect	meminī	meminīsti	meminit	meminimus	meminīstis	meminerunt
	future perfect	meminero	memineris	meminerit	meminērimus	meminēritis	meminerint
	pluperfect	memineram	memineras	meminerat	meminerāmus	memineratis	meminerant
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	perfect	meminerim	memineris	meminerit	meminerīmus	meminerītis	meminerint
	pluperfect	meminīssem	meminīsses	meminīsset	meminissēmus	meminissētis	meminīssent
imperatives		singular			plural
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (they)
	active	—	mementō	—	—	mementōte	—
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		—	meminīsse	—	—	—	—

Usage notes

This verb is perfect in form but present in meaning. See also odi and coepi.

Synonyms

• memoriā teneō (idiomatic, "I hold in memory")
• recordor

References

• “memini”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press