memini

mĕmĭni, isse, v. n. [Sanscr. man, think; upaman = Gr. hupomenein, await; Gr. men- in menô, Mentôr; man- in mainomai, mantis; mna- in mimnêskô, etc.; cf.: maneo, moneo, reminiscor, mens, Minerva, etc.], to remember, recollect, to think of, be mindful of a thing; not to have forgotten a person or thing, to bear in mind (syn.: reminiscor, recordor); constr. with gen., with acc. of the person and of the thing, with de, with a rel.-clause, with ut, with cum; with the acc. and inf. (usually the inf. pres., sometimes the inf. perf.; class.).

1.

With gen.:

vivorum memini,

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3:

constantiae tuae,

id. Fam. 13, 75, 1:

leti paterni,

to be mindful of, not forget to revenge, Val. Fl. 1, 773.—

2.

With acc.:

suam quisque homo rem meminit,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 51:

praecepta facito ut memineris,

id. Mil. 4, 4, 1:

officium suum,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 71:

omnia meminit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 106:

Cinnam memini,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 17:

numeros,

Verg. E. 9, 45.—With ellips. of acc.:

neque adeo edepol flocci facio, quando egomet memini mihi (sc. nomen),

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 73.—

3.

With de:

de pallā memento,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 84:

de Herode,

Cic. Att. 15, 27, 3; Juv. 11, 81.—

4.

With a rel.-clause:

meministi, quanta hominum esset admiratio,

Cic. Lael. 1, 2.—

5.

With ut:

meministin', olim ut fuerit vestra oratio?

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 47; Col. 11, 2, 55.—

6.

With cum:

memini, cum mihi desipere videbare,

Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 1.—

7.

With acc. and inf.

(α).

With pres. inf. (so usually of the direct memory of an eyewitness): memini me fiere pavum, Enn. ap. Don. ad Ter. And. 2, 5, 18 (Ann. v. 15 Vahl.):

memini Catonem mecum disserere,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

memini Pamphylum mihi narrare,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 32:

memini te mihi Phameae cenam narrare,

id. Fam. 9, 16, 8; id. Deiot. 14, 38:

meministis fieri senatusconsultum referente me,

id. Mur. 25, 57:

mementote hos esse pertimescendos,

id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

memento mihi suppetias ferre,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 51.—So impers. memento with inf., remember to, i. e. be sure to, do not fail to:

memento ergo dimidium mihi istinc de praeda dare,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 66:

ei et hoc memento (sc. dicere),

id. Merc. 2, 2, 11:

dextram cohibere memento,

Juv. 5, 71.—

(β).

With inf. perf. (so usu. when the subject is not an eye-witness;

esp. with second and third persons of memini): peto, ut memineris. te omnia mihi cumulate recepisse,

Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:

meministis me ita distribuisse initio causam,

id. Rosc. Am. 42, 112:

memineram... divinum virum... senile corpus paludibus occultasse demersum,

id. Sest. 22, 50:

memini gloriari solitum esse Q. Hortensium, quod, etc.,

id. Fam. 2, 16, 3: memento me, [p. 1130] son de meā, sed de oratoris facultate dixisse, id. de Or. 1, 17, 78.— Poet., of inanim. things:

meminit lēvor praestare salutem,

Lucr. 4, 153, Luc. 5, 109.—

8.

Absol., memini et scio, Plaut. Curc. 3, 1, 14:

recte meministi,

your recollection is accurate, id. Ps. 4, 7, 57.—

II.

Transf., to make mention of, to mention a thing, either in speaking or writing (rare but class.):

meministi ipse de exsulibus,

Cic. Phil. 2, 36, 91:

neque omnino hujus rei meminit us quam poëta ipse,

Quint. 11, 2, 16: Achillam, cujus supra meminimus. Caes. B. C. 3, 108, 1:

sed tu, qui hujus judicii meministi, cur oblitus es illius,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 13; Col. 1, 1, 13: meminerunt hujus conjurationis Janusius Geminus in historia. M. Bibulus in edictis. Suet. Caes. 9; id. Gram. 11.—Hence. mĕmĭnens, entis, P. a., mindful (ante- and post-class.): meminens corde volutat, Liv Andr ap Prisc. p. 922 P.:

aevi, quod periit. meminens,

Aus. Prof. 2, 4:

meminens naturae et professionis oblitus,

Sid. Ep. 4, 12.