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|lshtext=<b>mĕmĭni</b>: 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.,<br /><b>I</b> 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]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With de: de pallā [[memento]], Plaut. As. 5, 2, 84: de Herode, Cic. Att. 15, 27, 3; Juv. 11, 81.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With a rel.-[[clause]]: meministi, quanta hominum esset [[admiratio]], Cic. Lael. 1, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ut: meministin', [[olim]] ut fuerit vestra [[oratio]]? Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 47; Col. 11, 2, 55.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With cum: [[memini]], cum mihi desipere videbare, Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>7</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. and inf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>8</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol., [[memini]] et [[scio]], Plaut. Curc. 3, 1, 14: recte meministi, [[your]] [[recollection]] is [[accurate]], id. Ps. 4, 7, 57.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.