11. Remembrance—Forgetfulness

_memoriā tenere aliquid_—to remember a thing perfectly.

_memoriam alicuius rei tenere_—to remember a thing perfectly.

_recenti memoria tenere aliquid_—to have a vivid recollection of a

thing.

_memoriā (multum) valere_ (opp. _memoriā vacillare_)—to have a good

memory.

_memorem esse_ (opp. _obliviosum esse_)—to have a good memory.

_memoria tanta fuit, ut_—he had such an extraordinary memory that...

_memoriā labi_—to make a slip of the memory.

_memoriae mandare aliquid_[1]—to impress on the memory.

_ex memoria_ (opp. _de scripto_)—from memory; by heart.

_memoriter_—(1) with good memory; (2) from personal recollection.

_memoria custodire_—to keep in mind.

_memoriam alicuius rei renovare, revocare (redintegrare)_—to recall a

thing to one's recollection.

_memoriam alicuius rei repetere_—to recall to mind a thing or person.

_in memoriam alicuius redire_—to recall to mind a thing or person.

_in memoriam alicuius redigere, reducere aliquid_ (not _revocare_)—to

recall a thing to a person's mind.

_memoria et recordatio_—vivid recollection.

_grata memoria aliquem prosequi_[2]—to show a thankful appreciation of

a person's kindness.

_nomen alicuius grato animo prosequi_—to think of a person with a

grateful sense of his goodness.

_memoriam alicuius rei repraesentare_ (opp. _memoriam alicuius rei

deponere, abicere_)—to picture to oneself again.

_memoriam alicuius rei conservare, retinere_—to retain the

recollection of a thing.

_memoriam alicuius pie inviolateque servare_—to show an affectionate

regard for a person's memory.

_gratam (gratissimam) alicuius memoriam retinere_—to retain a (most)

pleasant impression of a person.

_numquam ex animo meo memoria illius rei discedet_—the memory of this

will never fade from my mind.

_aliquid in memoria nostra penitus insidet_—a thing has been vividly

impressed on our[TR1] memory.

_memoriam eius nulla umquam delebit (obscurabit) oblivio_ (Fam. 2.

1)—nothing will ever make me forgetful of him.

_semper memoria eius in (omnium) mentibus haerebit_—nothing will ever

make me forgetful of him.

_nomen suum posteritati aliqua re commendare, propagare, prodere_—to

win renown amongst posterity by some act.

_memoriam nominis sui immortalitati tradere, mandare, commendare_—to

immortalise one's name.

_post hominum memoriam_—within the memory of man.

_post homines natos_—within the memory of man.

_memoriae causa, ad_ (not _in_) _memoriam_[3] (Brut. 16. 62)—in memory

of...

_oblivio alicuius rei me capit_—I forget something.

_aliquem in oblivionem alicuius rei adducere_ (pass. _in oblivionem

venire_)—to make a person forget a thing.

_aliquid excidit e memoria, effluit, excidit ex animo_—a thing

escapes, vanishes from the memory.

_memoria alicuius rei excidit, abiit, abolevit_—the recollection of a

thing has been entirely lost.

_obliterari_[4] (Liv. 26. 41)—to be forgotten, pass into oblivion.

_memoria alicuius rei obscuratur, obliteratur, evanescit_—to be

forgotten, pass into oblivion.

_oblivioni esse, dari_—to be forgotten, pass into oblivion.

_in oblivionem adduci_—to be forgotten, pass into oblivion.

_oblivione obrui, deleri, exstingui_—to be forgotten, pass into

oblivion.

_in oblivione iacēre_ (of persons)—to be forgotten, pass into oblivion.

_aliquid ab oblivione vindicare_—to rescue from oblivion.

_mementote_ with Acc. c. Inf.—do not forget.

[1] Distinguish this expression from _ediscere_ which = to learn by

heart; also from _memoriae prodere, tradere_ = to hand down as

tradition (_vid._ sect. VII. 14).

[2] _Prosequi_ used figuratively, with an ablative, occurs in several

phrases—e.g. _prosequi aliquem honore; verbis honorificis; beneficiis,

officiis, studiis suis; ominibus, votis, lacrimis_.

[3] One can also say _monumenti causa_—e.g. _aliquid alicui momenti

causa relinquere_. Cf. such turnings as _alicuius memoriam aliqua re

prosequi, celebrare, renovare_.

[4] This and the following expressions are useful to express the

passive of _oblivisci_.

[TR1] Transcriber's Note: the original text indeed has "my", which is

wrong, however, because the Latin phrase uses _nostra_. The French

edition uses "notre mémoire".

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