memorabilis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mĕmŏrābĭlis, e, adj. [memoro],

I memorable, remarkable, worthy of being remembered; heard of, conceivable; worthy to be mentioned, fit to be spoken of (class.): vir, Liv. 38, 53.— Comp. : memorabilior, Liv. 38, 53: auctores, Col. 1, 1: nomen, Verg. A. 2, 583: familiaritas, Cic. Lael. 1, 4: virtus, id. Phil. 13, 19, 44: hoccine credibile est. aut memorabile? Ter. And. 625: nec bellum est, nec memorabile, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 8: hoc memorabilest, ego tu sum, tu es ego, id. Stich. 5, 4, 46: in qua pugna illud memorabile fuit, Just. 1, 8, 12: magni gutturis exemplum, Juv. 2, 113.—Subst.: mĕmŏ-rābĭle , is, n., a noteworthy fact, strange occurrence (rare): multa memorabilia et in domesticis et in bellicis rebus effecerat, Cic. Brut. 13, 49: hactenus de mundo ... nunc reliqua caeli memorabilia, Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 102.

II —Hence, mĕmŏrābĭlĭter , adv., memorably, remarkably , Aug. c. Jul. 2, 7, 11.

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