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com-mĕmŏro (conm- ), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I.to recall an object to memory in all its particulars.
I. Rarely of one's self, to call to mind, be mindful of, keep in mind, remember; with acc. and inf. or rel. -clause: “quid quoque die dixerim, audierim, egerim, commemoro vesperi,Cic. Sen. 11, 38.—With acc. and inf.: “cottidie commemorabam te unum in tanto exercitu mihi fuisse adsensorem,Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1: “vitandi rumoris causā, quo patrem Caesarem vulgo reprehensum commemorabam,Suet. Aug. 45.—More freq.,
II. Of others, to bring something to one's recollection by speaking of it, to remind of: “aliquid,Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 36; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 14: “ad commemorandam renovandamque amicitiam missi,Liv. 27, 4, 10: “beneficia meminisse debet is, in quem collata sunt, non commemorare qui contulit,Cic. Lael. 20, 71.—Hence (and so most freq.),
B. Without the access. idea of remembering, to make mention of something, to recount, relate; constr. with acc., acc. and inf., rel.clause, or with de.
(β). With acc. and inf., Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 160; cf. Nep. Alcib. 2, 2.—
(δ). With de: “omnes de tuā virtute commemorant,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 37; so id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; id. Font. 14, 30; Nep. Dion, 6, 2 al.; cf.: “multa de aliqua re,id. Hann. 2, 3; id. Att. 17, 1.—(ε) With in: “quae si in privatis gloriosa sunt, multo magis commemorabuntur in regibus,Cic. Deiot. 14, 40; cf.: cum legent in ejus virtutibus commemorari saltasse eum commode, Nep. praef. § 1.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (23):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 1.9.18
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 6.21.1
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 1.1.13
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.42
    • Cicero, For Marcus Fonteius, 14.30
    • Cicero, For King Deiotarius, 14.40
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 4.7
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 4.4
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 45
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.66
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 5.1
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.38
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.20
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.938
    • Cornelius Nepos, Alcibiades, 2.2
    • Cornelius Nepos, Atticus, 17.1
    • Cornelius Nepos, Dion, 6.2
    • Cornelius Nepos, Hannibal, 2.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 4.10
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 11
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 20
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.6
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.82
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