memini

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mĕmĭni: isse, v. n. Sanscr. man, think; upaman = Gr. ὑπομένειν, await; Gr. μεν-> in μένω, Μέντωρ; μαν-> in μαίνομαι, μάντις; μνᾶ-> in μιμνήσκω, etc.; cf.: maneo, moneo, reminiscor, mens, Minerva, etc.,
I 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.
   (a)    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.—
   (b)    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, 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) mĕmĭnī,⁷ isse (rac. men. , cf. μέμνημαι),
1 avoir à l’esprit, à la pensée : si non moneas, nosmet meminimus Pl. Rud. 159, quand même tu ne nous le dirais pas, nous y songeons nous-mêmes, cf. Ter. Eun. 216
2 se souvenir, se rappeler : aliquem, aliquid Cic. Phil. 5, 17 ; Ac. 2, 106 ; alicujus, alicujus rei Cic. Fin. 5, 3 ; Verr. 2, 2, 73 ; de aliquo Cic. Att. 15, 27, 3 || [avec interr. indir.] : meministi, quanta hominum esset admiratio Cic. Læl. 2, tu te rappelles quelle fut la surprise du monde, cf. Ter. Phorm. 224 || [avec cum ] : memini, cum mihi desipere videbare Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 1, je me souviens du temps où tu me paraissais perdre la tête || [avec prop. inf.] je me souviens que ; [inf. présent] : Cic. Læl. 11 ; Verr. 2, 2, 32 ; Dej. 38 ; Mur. 57, etc. ; [inf. pf.] : Cic. Amer. 112 ; Sest. 50 ; de Or. 1, 78, etc. || memento avec inf., souviens-toi de : Pl. Epid. 658, etc. || inf. meminisse = faculté du souvenir, mémoire : Lucr. 4, 765
3 faire mention de, mentionner [avec gén.] : Cæs. C. 3, 108, 2 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 1, 5, 13 ; Quint. 11, 2, 16 ; [avec de et abl.] : Cic. Phil. 2, 91. part. prés. meminens Liv. Andr. d. Prisc. Gramm. 11, 19 ; Aus. Prof. 2, 4 ; Sid. Ep. 4, 12.