memini

See also: Memini

Latin

Etymology

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); third conjugation, defective

  1. I remember; am mindful of

Usage notes

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

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

Derived terms

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, 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
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