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Latin
Etymology
From memorārī, memoror (“I remember”) + -bilis.
Pronunciation
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 in a punishment of a woman, nor has victory honor….’”
(Aeneas recalls the moment he considered whether to kill Helen.)
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
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.