memoro Latin · revision 9428

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la memor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmɛ.mɔ.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmɛː.mo.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''memorō''' (present infinitive memorāre, perfect active memorāvī, supine memorātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus has the archaic passive infinitive ''memorārier''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[memor]] “mindful” with the verb suffix [[-ō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of speaking about something.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to say, utter; to speak of, mention, as in Plautus and Cicero; to tell, relate, narrate; and to remind of, recall, as in Sallust.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short add “to bring to remembrance”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to remember, recall, relate.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''memorare'', and in Portuguese ''lembrar'' and Spanish ''membrar'' “to remember”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of mentioning.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of reminding.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To say, speak of, [[m|en|mention]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To tell, [[m|en|relate]], narrate.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To remind of, recall.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[commemorō]]

+ * [[memorābilis]]

+ * [[memorāculum]]

+ * [[memorālius]]

+ * [[memorātiō]]

+ * [[memorātor]]

+ * [[memorātrīx]]

+ * [[memorātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[immemorātus]]

+ * [[memor]]

+ * [[memorāliter]]

+ * [[memorē]]

+ * [[memoria]]

+ * [[memoriālis]]

+ * [[memoriōsus]]

+ * [[memoror]]

+ * [[rememoror]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}