von marcus03 » Do 29. Jan 2015, 20:01
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.).
(a) 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.—
(b) 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,