mĕmŏro — Lewis & Short
mĕmŏro, āvi, ātum (archaic
I inf. pass. memorarier, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 99), 1, v. a. memor, to bring to remembrance, remind of, to mention, recount, relate, speak about or of, say, tell (class.).
(a) With acc.:
memorare mores mulierum,Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 50:
nomen memora tuom mihi,id. Trin. 4, 2, 41:
deos absentis testis memoras,callest on, id. Merc. 3, 4, 42:
superbiam,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:
causas alicui,Verg. A. 1, 8:
antequam arma inciperent, misere legatos amicitiam obsequiumque memoraturos,Tac. A. 4, 46; 2, 58:
patriam rhombi,Juv. 4, 129.—Pass.:
quid illa pote pejus muliere memorarier,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 99:
ubi ea, quae dico, gesta esse memorantur,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:
cujus conditor Hercules memorabatur,was said to have been, was remembered as, Sall. J. 89, 4:
memorari exempla,Tac. A. 11, 23.—
(b) With de:
de naturā nimis obscure memoravit,Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 15.—
(g) With acc. and inf.:
quem infestum ac odiosum sibi esse, memorabat,Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 65:
Herculem in eo loco boves abegisse memorant,Liv. 1, 7, 4:
Mithridates, quem imperitasse Armeniis memoravi,Tac. A. 11, 8 init.:
Palamedem memorant sedecim litterarum formas repperisse,id. ib. 11, 14.—
(d) With a rel.-clause:
musa, velim memores, quo patre natus uterque Contulerit lites,Hor. S. 1, 5, 53. —(e) With sic:
sic memorat,Verg. A. 1, 631.—
B Esp., to speak, utter, make use of in speech:
scio ego multos memoravisse milites mendacium,Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 3:
vocabula memorata Catonibus,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 117.—
II Memorare significat nunc dicere, nunc memoriae mandare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.—Hence,
A mĕmŏrātus, a, um, P. a., memorable, renowned, celebrated (poet. and in post-class. prose):
ubi nunc nobis deus ille magister nequiquam memoratus Eryx?Verg. A. 5, 391:
locus Italiae ... fama multis memoratus in oris,id. ib. 7, 564; Anthol. Lat. 1, 170, 102; 1, 172, 4:
sepulcrum memoratissimum,Gell. 10, 18, 4.—
2 Esp., before mentioned:
dux,Amm. 15, 5, 4 al.—
B mĕmŏrandus, a, um, P. a., worthy of remembrance, memorable, celebrated (poet. and post-class.):
juvenis memorande,Verg. A. 10, 793.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:
pugnae memorandae meae,Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 52:
locus,Flor. 2, 8, 11:
res,Juv. 2, 102:
exitus,Flor. 4, 2, 33.