memini
See also: Memini
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *memonai, from Proto-Indo-European *memóne (“to remember”), perfect of the root *men- (“to think”). Compare mēns (“mind”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.mi.niː/, [ˈmɛmɪniː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.mi.ni/, [ˈmɛːmini]
Verb edit
meminī (present infinitive meminisse); third conjugation, perfect forms have present meaning, no supine stem
Usage notes edit
This verb is perfect in form but present in meaning. See also ōdī and coepī.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of meminī (third conjugation, no present stem, no supine stem, active only, perfect forms as present, pluperfect as imperfect, future perfect as future) | |||||||
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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 edit
- memoriā teneō (idiomatic, "I hold in memory")
Derived terms edit
- commeminī (“I remember clearly”)
Related terms edit
- mēns (“mind”)
- moneō (“warn”)
- reminīscor (“remember”)
References edit
- “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.
- 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