memorabilis
Latin
Etymology
From memorārī, memoror (“I remember”) + -bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛ.mɔˈraː.bɪ.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [me.moˈraː.bi.lis]
Adjective
memorābilis (neuter memorābile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- being memorable or remarkable, unforgettable, worthy of mention, glorious
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.583–584:
- “‘[...] Namque etsī nūllum memorābile nōmen
fēminea in poenā est, nec habet victōria laudem [...].’”- “‘And for although there is no memorable name [to be had] in a punishment [exacted] of a woman, nor has [such a] victory [any] honor….’”
(Aeneas recalls the moment he considered whether to kill Helen.)
- “‘And for although there is no memorable name [to be had] in a punishment [exacted] of a woman, nor has [such a] victory [any] honor….’”
- “‘[...] Namque etsī nūllum memorābile nōmen
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | memorābilis | memorābile | memorābilēs | memorābilia | |
| genitive | memorābilis | memorābilium | |||
| dative | memorābilī | memorābilibus | |||
| accusative | memorābilem | memorābile | memorābilēs memorābilīs |
memorābilia | |
| ablative | memorābilī | memorābilibus | |||
| vocative | memorābilis | memorābile | memorābilēs | memorābilia | |
Derived terms
- memorābilia (comes from the neuter plural)
Descendants
- Catalan: memorable
- English: memorable
- French: mémorable
- Galician: memorable, memorábel
- Italian: memorabile
- Portuguese: memorável
- Romanian: memorabil
- Spanish: memorable
References
- “memorabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “memorabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- memorabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.