MEM 
MEM 
MEN 
words. Cic. Meministl, quanta esset, 
&c. With ut following. Tercnt. With 
quum following. Cic. Memini quum 
videbare. Also, with the accus. and 
infill., as well of the impcrf. (Cic. 
Memini te narrare), as of the pcrf. 
{Cic. Meministis, me distribuisse). The 
infin. pres, (not the in fin. impcrf.) is used 
when we represent to our mind some¬ 
thing past, and remember clearly and 
distinctly the circumstances under 
which an impression was made upon 
us ; hence, particularly in an animated 
narration. The infin. preterit is used 
of a state or action, which I wish to rep¬ 
resent as being completed in time past; 
hence, in general, of actions rapidly 
passing, and of such as I know of by 
hearsay; also, when a result is to be 
given. — [Meminisse (properly same as 
Memorem esse), to remember a tiling not 
forgotten and readily suggesting itself. 
Reminisci, to remember a thing which 
had been forgotten for some time, to recall 
ideas. Recordari, to bring a subject be¬ 
fore the mind, and fix the attention on it for 
some time.] -IT Also, to remember, rec¬ 
ollect, call to mind, think of, bear in mind, 
be mindful, consider, refiect. With ut. 
Colum. With an infin. Horat. With 
an accus. Cic. beneficia. Also, abso¬ 
lutely, Tercnt. Fac memineris. Also, 
with an accus. and infin. Cic. Memen- 
tote hos esse pertimescendos. Hence, 
Id. ad Dio. 15, 17. Memineris mei, re¬ 
member me, h. e. write to me. Propei-t. 
Nec meminit, she does not remember or 
think of it, it does not occur to her. - 
IT Also, to know, to know well. Terent. 
-IT Also, to make mention of, mention, 
relate. Cic. de exsulibus. Quintil. 
hujus rei. - IT Also, to revenge, 
avenge. Taler. Flacc. leti paterni.- 
IT Figur. of inanimate things. Lucret. 
Meminit levor (Uevor) prastare salu- 
tem, h. e. can. -IT Meminisse is put for 
memoria. Lucret. 4, 769.-IT Meini- 
nens, mindful, remembering. Liv. Andr. 
MEMMIADES (Memmius), re, m. one of 
the family of the Memmii. Lucret. 
MEMM1AN0S (Id.), a, um, adj. belonging 
to Memmius, called after him. Cic. 
Me.MMIiiS, ii, m. the name of several Roman 
citizens. Hence, Memmius, a, um, 
adj. pertaining to Memmius or to the fam¬ 
ily of the Memmii. 
TIEMNoN (Mepvuiv), or MkNNON, onis, 
m. a king of JEthiopia, son of Tithonus 
and Aurora, assisted the Trojans, and 
was killed before Troy by Achilles. A 
numerous flight of birds issued from the 
burning pile on which his body was laid. 
These birds were called aves Memnoniae 
or Memnonides, and said to return year¬ 
ly to the tomb of Memnon in Troas, to 
fight with each other. — Ovid. Memnonis 
mater, h. e. Aurora. — Tacit. Ann. 2, 61. 
Memnonis saxea effigies, near Thebes in 
Eo-ypt, teas said to utter a melodious sound 
every day, at sunrising. — Hence, Mem- 
nonis, or Menn., Idis, f. pertaining to 
Memnon. Plin. Memnonides (sc. aves), 
the birds mentioned. — Memnonius {or 
Menn.), a, um, adj. pertaining to Mem¬ 
non. Solin. aves, the birds mentioned above. 
Also, figur. Mcmnonian, h. e. black; eas¬ 
tern, oriental. Ovid, color, black. Pro- 
pert. domos, h. e. Aurora, or Orientis. 
MEMOR (memini), oris, adj. mindful, 
remembering, pvfipuov. Cic. beneficii. 
Also, without a genit. Cic. Memor et 
gratus. Also, of things. Ovid, inanus. 
Horat. Cad us Marsi memor duelli. — 
Hence, remembering (sc. beneficiorum), 
h. e. grateful. Cic. — Also, remembering, 
mindimr, observing, conformable, agreea¬ 
ble. Liv. Exemplum parum memor le- 
gum humanarum, for cruel. Id. gloria 
avitiE. Liv. Oratio memor majestatis. 
— Also, revenging, avenging. Virg. 
ira. Val. Flacc. umbra. — Also, possess¬ 
ed of a good memory. Cic. — Also, ea- 
sily retaining. Id. Memor et quae dic¬ 
ta contra, &c.-IT Also, that reminds 
one of any thing. Horat. Im- 
pressit memorem dente notam. Ovid. 
Genium memorem brevis tevi. Id. 
versus. , 
5JEM0RABILIS (memoro), e, adj. worthy 
of being mentioned, fit to be talked of. 
Plan. "Nec beilum est nec memorabile. 
- IT Also, ever heard of, conceivable. 
Tei-ent. Andr. 4, 1,2.-IT Also, wor¬ 
thy of being remembered, memorable, re¬ 
markable. Cic. and Ovid. So, Liv. Me- 
morabilior. 
MEMORACOLUM (Id.), i, n. a monument. 
3 A pul. 
MEMORALIS (Id.), e, adj. same as Me¬ 
mor ialis. Arnob. 
MEM0RATI6 (Id.), onis, f mention, a 
3 mentioning, relating, putting in mind. 
Corn. Gal. 
MEMORATOR (Id.), 5ris m. one who 
3 mentions, tells, or recounts; a relator. 
Propcrt. 
MEMORATRIX (meinoraUr), Icis, f. 
3 same as Memurator. Valer. Flacc. 
MEMORATOS (memoro), us, m. mention, 
2 mentioning, relation. Plaut. and Tacit. 
MEMORATuS (Id.), a, um, particip. of 
memoro. (See Memoro.) - If Also, 
adject, known, memorable, famous, renown¬ 
ed, celebrated. Plin. Animal velocitatis 
memoratae. Gell. Memoratissimua. 
MEM ORE (memor), adv. same as Memo- 
3 riter. Pompon. 
MEMORIA (Id.), eg, f. memory, pvfiprj. 
Cic. Memoria comprehendere, or com- 
plecti. Id. Memoria tenere. Id. Me- 
morue mandare, to commit to memory. 
Id. Hoc est mibi in memoria. Id. In 
memoriam redigere, or reducere, to re¬ 
member, recollect, bethink one’s self of. 
Liv. E memoria excedere, or, Cic. Me¬ 
moria dilabi, to slip out of memory, to be 
forgotten. Id. Deponere ex memoria, 
to forget. Id. Ex memoria exponere, 
from ’’memory. -IT Also, memory, re¬ 
membrance. Cic. In memoriam alicu- 
jus redire, to remember, recollect. Id. 
Post hoininum memoriam, in the memory 
of man. Id. Memoriam rei deponere, to 
forget. Id. abjicere, to forget. Auct.ud 
Herenn. Habere memoriam rei, to think of 
it. Cic. conservare. Id. tenere. Id. reti- 
nere. Liv. repetere. Cic. Res affert 
mihi memoriam Platonis, reminds me, 
puts me in mind of. Liv. Memoria rei 
abiit, or abolevit, the thing is forgotten. 
Figur. Cic, literarum, h. e. intelligence, 
information, repoft. Cic. and Mep. Me¬ 
mories prodere, or, Liv. tradere, to hand 
down to posterity, to leave in writing, to 
record, relate. -IT Also, time, as far 
as it is remembered, consequently both 
past and present. Cic. Philosophi hu¬ 
jus memoria;. Id. Usque ad nostram 
memoriam. Id. Nostra memoria. Id. 
In ornni memoria. Id. Pueritiae memo¬ 
riam repetere. Varr. A sumraa me¬ 
moria, from the oldest times. Cic. Me¬ 
moria multorum annorum. [Memoria 
differs from atas by denoting time, in 
as far as we have been concerned in it, 
either actively or passively.]-H Al¬ 
so, any thing which happened at any time, 
a story or thing remembered. Cic. Repe- 
re. Id. orationem habere (opp. to read¬ 
ing an oration). Terent. cognoscere, A. e, 
without any one’s assistance or reminding 
MEMORO (memor), as, avi, atum, a. 1 
to mention, recount, tell, relate, say, tm. 
pvaopai. Cic. rem. Id. de re. Sue. 
ton. Memorare de aliquo, to mention 
somebody creditably, make honorable men¬ 
tion of him. Plant. Memora mihi no¬ 
men, h. e. die. 
MEMPHIS, is and Idos or Idis, f. a cele¬ 
brated city of Egypt, on the banlcs of tin 
Mile, above the Delta. It once contained 
temples of the god Apis, and in its neigh¬ 
borhood the famous pyramids were built. 
Its name remains in that of a village called 
Menf, about 14 miles to the south of Cairo. 
— Hence, Memphites, se, m. pertain¬ 
ing to it. Tibull. bos, A. e. Apis. — 
Memphltlcus, a, um, adj. pertaining to 
Memphis, sometimes, also, Egyptian. 
Ovid, and Lucan. — Memphltis, Idis, f 
pertaining to Memphis, sometimes, also, 
Egyptian. Ovid, vacca, A. e. Io. Lu¬ 
can. cymba. 
MEN., or MENEN., A. c. Menenia a tribu. 
See Menenianus. 
MENA {privy), te, f. the moon. — Hence, 
Dea qua; ineustruis fiuoribus pneesse 
putabatur. Augustin. - IT Also, a 
kind of fish. See Mama. 
MENAS, arum, f. a town of Sicily, now 
Meneo. — Hence, Meneni, or Menenii. 
Cic. and, Menniani, Plin. the inhabitants 
of it. 
MENAECI1MT (McVaixpoi); 5rum ) m - a 
comedy of Plautus, in which twins of this 
name are represented. 
MeNASOS {pnvaTos), a, um, adj. monthly 
3 Hence, Menaeus, sc. circulus. Vitmv. 
Ed. Last, reads manacus. 
MENASuS (Men®), a, um, adj. of Mcnce in 
3 Sicily. 
MENAEIPPe {MevaX'mny), es, or MENa- 
LIPPA, te, f. a sister of Antiope, queen oj 
the Amazons, taken by Hercules. -IT Al¬ 
so, a tragedy composed by Aecius. Cic. 
MENALTPPOS, i, m. a tragedy composed 
by Accius. Cic. Tusc. 3,9. 
MENANDER, and MENaNDROS (Mevav- 
(5poj), dri, m. Menander, a celebrated 
comic poet of Athens. — Hence, Menan- 
dreus, a, um, pertaining to Menanaer- 
Prop. _IT Also, a slave of Cicero’s. Cw. 
MENANINt, orum, m. See Memo. 
MENAPIi, orum, m. a people of help 
Gaul. Cas. — Also called Mernpi. Mai 
MEND A (unc.), te, f. a fault, defect, blem¬ 
ish, blur. Ovid. -IT Also, a mistake, 
error (in writings, books, &c.). hiuu 
MENDACILOaUOS (mendacium & Io- 
3 quor), a, urn, adj. telling lies, jals • 
MENDACIOLUM, dimin. of mendacium. 
Cic 
MENDACITAS (mendax), atis, f . a lying 
3 disposition mendacity, ^ 
1C 
\a.r- 
tenda est veteris cujusdam memoriae frdiM ^.falsely. 
recordatio. - IT Also, history, story, MeNDaCI 1 £K Ua-J, d . 
account, relation, report. Cic. omnium 
rerum. Mepos. lie Magonis interitu 
duplex memoria est. Sueton. Vita; me¬ 
moria, history, memorable events. — 
Hence, a book of. history, monum.ent, me¬ 
moir, essay, journal. Gell. In veteribus 
memoriis iegimus. —Hence, Memoria , in 
the time of the Roman emperors, a 
writing on or record of memorable events. 
He who composed it was called A me¬ 
moria. Lamprid.; and for etiam in me¬ 
moriam ejus, in Suet,on. Aug. 79. extr. is 
to be read according to some, et a me¬ 
moria ejus, h. e. his historiographer. —Al¬ 
so, a monument, sepulchre, tomb. Augus¬ 
tin. - IT Also, a thinking of, considera¬ 
tion, reflection. Liv. periculi. 
MEMORIALS (memoria), e, adj. subser¬ 
vient to preserve the memory or remem¬ 
brance of any thing ; assisting memory, 
belonging io memory or remembrance. 
Sueton. libellus ; and, absolutely, Pan¬ 
dect. memorialis, sc. liber, a journal, di¬ 
ary, memorandum-book, memoir, record, 
&c.-> IT Memorialis, same as A memo¬ 
ria, a person in office about the imperial 
court,,a historiographer. Cod. Just. 
MEMORIOLA, te, f. dimin. ol memoria. 
Cic. 
MEMORITER (memoria), adv. by heart, 
from memory, readily, pvypoviKivs, and 
tomans, djrd vr6uaro(. Cic. responde- 
530 
3 Mendaciter. jiugus r - 
V|gjjshes 
dacium dicit, ipse f aj gee nis to be 
Attic. 15. mendacium dicere seems rf 
the same as menttn) : particu- 
inanimate things. .. 0 | ors , Plin. 
larly of an imitation as of 1^^^ ^ 
— Poet. ap. Suet. FhfflDi “ 
imitated part or character j dimin . of 
MENDACIuNCdLUM, i, 
2 mendacium. Ctc. 
MENDAX (mentior), v™ 3 ’!- 1 JL mendax, 
Cic. Homo mendax, or, ^ ^ Men 
a liar. 
dacissimus 
' T untrue. 
groundless, uvfouiiM ,, - , yill g, b. * 
infamia.-H ^°’ " a g oU fP ecu ; 
deceitful,false. Cw- V ' 0vid , forma, 
lum. Tibull. somnus. t pro- 
rnru «.»>». »• .&£. 
false, 
Horat. 
ii.e- 
duce any fruit 
Also, o**' 
fictitious. TMU- - 
tated, counterfeited, je 0 
Ovid, pennte. , E „jpt, on ° 
MENDES, etis, f. am idled the 
of the mouths of the > jiendesm 8 ) 
dcsian mouth* 3 
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