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Memini
Memini
See also: memini
Latin
Proper noun
Meminī m pl (genitive Meminōrum); second declension
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| nominative | Meminī |
| genitive | Meminōrum |
| dative | Meminīs |
| accusative | Meminōs |
| ablative | Meminīs |
| vocative | Meminī |
References
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Memini”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Memini in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
memini
memini
See also: Memini
Latin
Verb
meminī (present infinitive meminisse); third conjugation, defective
- I remember; am mindful of
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.8
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Memento ut diem sabbati sanctifices.
- Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
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Memento ut diem sabbati sanctifices.
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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 | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Usage notes
This verb is perfect in form but present in meaning. See also odī and coepī.
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “memini”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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