memini

See also: Memini

Latin

Etymology

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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, supine meminum); third conjugation, perfect forms have present meaning

1. I remember; am mindful of
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.8:

     Mementō ut diem sabbatī sānctificēs.

     Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of meminī (third conjugation, no present 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	—	meminūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		—	meminus	meminūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		—	—	—	—	meminum	meminū

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^[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