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- Dictionarymemento mori/mɪˌmɛntəʊ ˈmɔːrʌɪ/
noun
- 1. an object kept as a reminder of the inevitability of death, such as a skull: "he placed the picture in his room as a memento mori"
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"Memento Mori" means "Remember you will die", however, it comes from a Roman Imperial custom and, only much later, became a Christian motto with a different meaning and goal. In early Imperial Rome when an emperor or General, would return to Rome after a successful campaign (military or political) he would cruise the streets on a chariot surrounded with an ecstatic applauding crowd.
Oct 5, 2019 · A most interesting point was made by C.M. Weimer; "memento mori" may be treated as indirect. This solves the problem of the inclusion of pronoun "you", in the Latin. The man-in-the-chariot (interlocutor) advising our all-conquering hero: "dicit memento te mori" = "he (interlocutor) says remember you are dying"; present tense accusative ...
Dec 23, 2016 · 10. The famous phrase memento mori (the subject of this question) means something like "remember that you will die, remember you are mortal". But this use of the infinitive seems odd. Memini is often used with an infinitive, but (as per L&S) these uses fall into two classes: (a) "remember that (a thing happened)", and (b) "remember to do ...
Nov 14, 2020 · @tony It works best with two parallel structures, so I'd say it should be either mori&vivere or mors&vita. Perhaps the verbs are somewhat more active. The phrase memento mori doesn't have a perfect English counterpart; both "remember death" and "remember that you are mortal" work. It's indeed blunt in Latin.
Jul 3, 2020 · For example "Si vis pacem, neca hostes prius." "If you want peace, kill the enemy first." In Latin, para is translated as "prepare" in this case (paro, parare). Bellum is the Latin word for "war" and is categorized in the second Latin declension (bellum, belli). The "-um" suffix denotes that the translation of the word in this sentence ...
Oct 22, 2022 · 6. That would be Memento vivere, which is the exact same construction as Memento mori, except with “live” instead of “die.”. And in any event we can categorically rule out viveri because that word does not even exist in the Latin language. The passive form of vivere would be vivi (it's third, not second conjugation), but the situation ...
Mar 30, 2016 · EDIT: To clarify, I know the translation and the instance in which it is used; I also saw the the wikipedia page. What I'm looking for is if there is some contextual knowledge, regarding (the history of) the latin language that would add to the symbolic, historical or ethical meaning of it. Thanks though for all the answers so far.
Oct 2, 2019 · Neither is correct, and timetere isn't a real Latin word. A correct translation depends somewhat on whether the command is directed at one person (e.g., you, the bearer of the tattoo) or the world at large (e.g., those who see the tattoo).
Jul 26, 2022 · Memento mori, quare ne obliviscaris vivere. Literally: “Remember you must die, therefore do not forget to live.” A repetition of memento would be quite ugly in my opinion. There would be the problem that memento mori should be read as “remember that you must die,” but memento vivere as “remember to live” (see the discussion here ...
Jul 25, 2016 · 7. In the essay "Of Empire", Francis Bacon wrote: All precepts concerning kings are in effect comprehended in those two remembrances: Memento quod es homo and Memento quod es Deus or vice Dei —the one bridleth their power, and the other their will. Bacon chose the pronoun those rather than these. Is he referring to some well-known ...
