com-mĕmŏro (conm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to recall an object to memory in all its particulars.
I Rarely of one's self, to call to mind , be mindful of , keep in mind , remember; with acc. and inf. or rel. -clause : quid quoque die dixerim, audierim, egerim, commemoro vesperi, Cic. Sen. 11, 38.—With acc. and inf.: cottidie commemorabam te unum in tanto exercitu mihi fuisse adsensorem, Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1: vitandi rumoris causā, quo patrem Caesarem vulgo reprehensum commemorabam, Suet. Aug. 45.—More freq.,
II Of others, to bring something to one’s recollection by speaking of it , to remind of : aliquid, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 36; Ter. Eun. 1044: ad commemorandam renovandamque amicitiam missi, Liv. 27, 4, 10: beneficia meminisse debet is, in quem collata sunt, non commemorare qui contulit, Cic. Lael. 20, 71.—Hence (and so most freq.),
B Without the access. idea of remembering, to make mention of something , to recount , relate; constr. with acc., acc. and inf., rel.clause , or with de.
α With acc.: id interdum furtim nomen commemorabitur, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 29: res, Lucr. 6, 938: causas, Caes. B. C. 3, 66: humanam societatem, Cic. Off. 3, 6, 31: Xenophontis illam jucunditatem, Quint. 10, 1, 82: o commemoranda judicia! Cic. Verr. 1, 14, 42; cf. id. Fam. 1, 9, 18.—
β With acc. and inf., Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 160; cf. Nep. Alcib. 2, 2.—
γ With rel.clause : quid ego nunc commemorem Singulatim, qualis ego in hunc fuerim? Ter. Phorm. 1031; 715: chlamydem hanc commemores quanti conducta'st? Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 88.—
δ With de : omnes de tuā virtute commemorant, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 37; so id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; id. Font. 14, 30; Nep. Dion, 6, 2 al.; cf.: multa de aliqua re, id. Hann. 2, 3; id. Att. 17, 1.—
ε With in : quae si in privatis gloriosa sunt, multo magis commemorabuntur in regibus, Cic. Deiot. 14, 40; cf.: cum legent in ejus virtutibus commemorari saltasse eum commode, Nep. praef. § 1.