previous next
mĕmor , ŏris (anciently memoris, memore, acc. to Prisc. p. 772 P.;
I.comp. memorior, id. p. 699 P.), adj. Sanscr. root smar-, in smarti, memory; smara, love; Gr. μάρτυς, witness; μέριμνα, care; cf.: memoria, mora, etc., not from memini, mindful of a thing, remembering; constr. with gen., with acc. and inf., with a rel,clause, and absol.
I. In gen.
(β). With acc. and inf.: “memor Lucullum periisse,Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 25: “memor objectum ab eo sibi,Suet. Aug. 28.—
(δ). Absol.: “memorem et gratum esse,Cic. Fam. 13, 25: et bene apud memores veteris stat gratia facti, grateful. Verg. A. 4, 539: cf. 6, 664 supra: “ipsa memor praecepta canam,Hor. S. 2, 4, 11; id. A. P. 368: “pectus,Juv. 11, 28.—Prov.: “mendacem memorem esse oportet,a liar should have a good memory, Quint. 4, 2, 91.—
B. Trop., of inanim. things et cadum Marsi memorem duelli, which remembers the Marsian war, i. e. was made during that war, Hor. C. 3, 14, 18: “medium erat in Anco ingenium, et Numae et Romuli memor,Liv. 1, 32: “lingua,Ov. Am. 3, 14, 48: “pectus,id. H. 13, 66: “auris,id. ib. 20, 98: “cura,id. P 4, 2, 7: “manus,id. ib. 1, 4, 56: “saevae Junonis ira,vindictive, avenging, Verg. A. 1, 4: “supplicium exempli parum memoris legum humanarum,unmindful of, not observing, Liv. 1, 28.—
II. Esp.
A. That easily remembers, possessed of a good memory: “homo ingeniosus ac memor,Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194.—
B. Poet., transf., that reminds one of a thing: “nostri memorem sepulcro Scalpe querelam,Hor. C. 3, 11, 51: “impressit memorem dente labris notam,id. ib. 1, 13, 12: “indicii memor poena,Ov. M. 4, 190: “tabellae,id. ib. 8, 744: “versus,id. P. 2, 7, 33.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
A. mĕmŏre , by heart, readily (ante-class.): cum ista memore meministi, Pompon. ap. Non. 514, 23 (Com. Rel. v. 109 Rib.).—
1. From memory, by personal recollection: “oratio est habita memoriter,Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 63: “omnes ordines memoriter salutavit,Suet. Ner. 10: “Q. Mucius multa narrare de Laelio memoriter et jucunde solebat,Cic. Lael. 1, 1.—
2. Esp.
(α). With a good memory, by ready recollection: “ista exposuisti, ut tam multa, memoriter, ut tam obscura, dilucide,Cic. Fin. 4, 1, 1: “ut memoriter me Sauream vocabat,Plaut. As. 3, 2, 38: “hic quidem quae illic sunt res gestae memorat memoriter,id. Am. 1, 1, 261: “hem istuc si potes memoriter meminisse,id. Capt. 2, 1, 53; cf. Afran. ap. Charis. 1, p. 89 P. (Com. Fragm. v. 365 Rib.).—
hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
hide References (32 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (32):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 13.25
    • Cicero, Against Vatinius, 4.10
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.744
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.4
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 4.539
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.664
    • Horace, Satires, 2.4.11
    • Horace, Satires, 2.6.97
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 368
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.190
    • Caesar, Civil War, 1.13
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 1.1
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 3.2
    • Plautus, Captivi, 2.1
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.50
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 28
    • Suetonius, Nero, 10
    • Cornelius Nepos, Hannibal, 12
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 25.25
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 6.33.11
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 28
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 32
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 1.10
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 4.1
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 1
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.5
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 2.91
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 2.13
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 60
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 1.4
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 2.7
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 4.2
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: