immemor Latin · revision 31293

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *men-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɪm.mɛ.mɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈim.me.mor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''immemor''' (genitive immemoris); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Caecilius has a nominative ''immemoris''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ The ablative is ''immemorī'' or ''immemore''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ It is also spelled ''inmemor''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|in-|t=not]] and [[m|la|memor|t=mindful]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan treats ⟨memor⟩ with the perfect [[m|la|meminī|t=I remember]], from [[itc-pro|*me-mn-os-]], a reduplicated formation of [[ine-pro|*men-|t=to think]]; older works derived it from a root [[m|ine-pro|*(s)mer-|t=to remember]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|मन्यते|tr=mányate|t=thinks]] and [[grc|μέμονα|tr=mémona|t=I have in mind]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it in the ''Pseudolus'': “he who reminds a mindful man of what he remembers makes him forgetful”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is not remembering or forgetful, and forgetful by nature, as Plautus' “it was enough to tell an untaught, forgetful, foolish woman so many times”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also unmindful of one's obligations, ungrateful, as Cicero's “what posterity will be so forgetful?”, and heedless of the consequences, as Virgil's Trojans pressing on “heedless” with the wooden horse.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “unmindful, forgetful”.^(Stelten 1995) Köbler finds it often in medieval texts and laws.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a forgetful man.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 230/220–168 BC – Caecilius has the nominative ''immemoris''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of forgetful posterity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of the heedless Trojans.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|forgetful|alt=Forgetful]], not remembering; lacking memory.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Unmindful (of obligations), ungrateful; [[m|en|heedless]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[memor]]

+ * [[meminī]]

+ * [[memoria]]

+ * [[immemorābilis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}