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+ ==Forms==
+ '''memorātiō''' ''f'' (genitive memorātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|memorō|-tiō|t1=to remind, mention]], from [[memor]] “mindful”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's earliest source is inscriptions of the 2nd century AD.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant the action of remembering, memory, and a mentioning, as in Cornelius Gallus, and in Boethius a recounting.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ British Medieval Latin used it for remembering, recollection, as opposed to forgetting.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 2nd century AD – Inscriptions use it.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Remembering, [[m|en|memory]], recollection.^(OLD 2012)^(DMLBS)
+ # A mention; a recounting.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[memorō]]
+ * [[memor]]
+ * [[memoria]]
+ * [[commemorātiō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}