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.—
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,” Cic. 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, 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.
