mĕmŏro, āvi, ātum (archaic inf. pass. memorarier, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 99), 1, v. a. [memor],
I to bring to remembrance, remind of, to mention, recount, relate, speak about or of, say, tell (class.).
α With acc.: memorare mores mulierum, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 50: nomen memora tuom mihi, id. Trin. 4, 2, 41: deos absentis testis memoras, callest on , id. Merc. 3, 4, 42: superbiam, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122: causas alicui, Verg. A. 1, 8: antequam arma inciperent, misere legatos amicitiam obsequiumque memoraturos, Tac. A. 4, 46; 2, 58: patriam rhombi, Juv. 4, 129.— Pass. : quid illa pote pejus muliere memorarier, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 99: ubi ea, quae dico, gesta esse memorantur, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107: cujus conditor Hercules memorabatur, was said to have been, was remembered as , Sall. J. 89, 4: memorari exempla, Tac. A. 11, 23.—
β With de : de naturā nimis obscure memoravit, Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 15.—
γ With acc. and inf.: quem infestum ac odiosum sibi esse, memorabat, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 65: Herculem in eo loco boves abegisse memorant, Liv. 1, 7, 4: Mithridates, quem imperitasse Armeniis memoravi, Tac. A. 11, 8 init. : Palamedem memorant sedecim litterarum formas repperisse, id. ib. 11, 14.—
δ With a rel.-clause : musa, velim memores, quo patre natus uterque Contulerit lites, Hor. S. 1, 5, 53. —
ε With sic : sic memorat, Verg. A. 1, 631.—
B Esp., to speak, utter, make use of in speech: scio ego multos memoravisse milites mendacium, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 3: vocabula memorata Catonibus, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 117.—
II Memorare significat nunc dicere, nunc memoriae mandare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.—Hence,
A mĕmŏrātus , a, um, P. a., memorable, renowned, celebrated (poet. and in post-class. prose): ubi nunc nobis deus ille magister nequiquam memoratus Eryx? Verg. A. 5, 391: locus Italiae ... fama multis memoratus in oris, id. ib. 7, 564; Anthol. Lat. 1, 170, 102; 1, 172, 4: sepulcrum memoratissimum, Gell. 10, 18, 4.—
2 Esp., before mentioned : dux, Amm. 15, 5, 4 al.—
B mĕmŏrandus , a, um, P. a., worthy of remembrance, memorable, celebrated (poet. and post-class.): juvenis memorande, Verg. A. 10, 793.—Of inanim. and abstr. things: pugnae memorandae meae, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 52: locus, Flor. 2, 8, 11: res, Juv. 2, 102: exitus, Flor. 4, 2, 33.