s recollection by speaking of it

com-mĕmŏro ( conm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to recall an object to memory in all its particulars.

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.,

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.),

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.

With acc.:

id interdum furtim nomen commemorabitur,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 29:

res,

Lucr. 6, 938:

causas,

Caes. B. C. 3, 66:

humanam societatem,

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 31:

Xenophontis illam jucunditatem,

Quint. 10, 1, 82:

o commemoranda judicia!

Cic. Verr. 1, 14, 42; cf. id. Fam. 1, 9, 18.—

With acc. and inf., Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 160; cf. Nep. Alcib. 2, 2.—

With rel.clause:

quid ego nunc commemorem Singillatim, qualis ego in hunc fuerim?

Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 42; 4, 5, 3:

chlamydem hanc commemores quanti conducta'st?

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 88.—

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.—

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.

com-mĕmŏro ( conm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to recall an object to memory in all its particulars.

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.,

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.),

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.

With acc.:

id interdum furtim nomen commemorabitur,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 29:

res,

Lucr. 6, 938:

causas,

Caes. B. C. 3, 66:

humanam societatem,

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 31:

Xenophontis illam jucunditatem,

Quint. 10, 1, 82:

o commemoranda judicia!

Cic. Verr. 1, 14, 42; cf. id. Fam. 1, 9, 18.—

With acc. and inf., Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 160; cf. Nep. Alcib. 2, 2.—

With rel.clause:

quid ego nunc commemorem Singillatim, qualis ego in hunc fuerim?

Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 42; 4, 5, 3:

chlamydem hanc commemores quanti conducta'st?

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 88.—

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.—

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.

dī-rumpo or disr-, rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. a., to break or dash to pieces; to break, burst asunder (rare but class.).

Lit.:

tabulā caput,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 37:

ne medius disrumpar miser,

id. Curc. 2, 1, 7:

cum se in nubem induerint (venti) ejusque tenuissimam quamque partem coeperint dividere atque disrumpere,

Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44:

imagines,

Tac. H. 1, 55: homo diruptus, i. e. that has a rupture (c. c. dirutus), Cic. Phil. 13, 12.—In an obscene sense, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 11 al.—

Trop.

To break off, sunder, sever:

amicitias exorsa aliqua offensione dirumpimus,

Cic. Lael. 22 fin.; cf.:

humani generis societatem,

id. Off. 3, 5, 21:

regnum,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 11.—And in a figure borrowed from a play (in which two persons tugged at the ends of a rope until it broke, or one of them fell to the ground):

cave dirumpatis, i. e. the rope or thread of your recollection,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 117.— Esp. freq.,

Pass. in colloquial lang., to burst with envy, etc.:

unum omnia posse dirumpuntur ii qui, etc.,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10; cf.:

infinito fratris tui plausu dirumpitur,

id. Fam. 12, 2, 2:

dirumpor dolore,

id. Att. 7, 12, 3; cf.

risu,

App. M. 3, p. 130, 3.—Once act.: dirupi me paene, I nearly burst myself with earnest speaking, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 4.

mĕmĭni, isse, v. n. [Sanscr. man, think; upaman = Gr. hupomenein, await; Gr. men- in menô, Mentôr; man- in mainomai, mantis; mna- in mimnêskô, etc.; cf.: maneo, moneo, reminiscor, mens, Minerva, etc.], 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.).

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.—

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.—

With de:

de pallā memento,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 84:

de Herode,

Cic. Att. 15, 27, 3; Juv. 11, 81.—

With a rel.-clause:

meministi, quanta hominum esset admiratio,

Cic. Lael. 1, 2.—

With ut:

meministin', olim ut fuerit vestra oratio?

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 47; Col. 11, 2, 55.—

With cum:

memini, cum mihi desipere videbare,

Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 1.—

With acc. and inf.

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.—

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, [p. 1130] 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.—

Absol., memini et scio, Plaut. Curc. 3, 1, 14:

recte meministi,

your recollection is accurate, id. Ps. 4, 7, 57.—

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.