memorabilis

Latin

Etymology

From memorārī, memoror (“I remember”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /me.moˈraː.bi.lis/, [mɛmɔˈräːbɪlʲɪs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.moˈra.bi.lis/, [memoˈräːbilis]

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.)

Declension

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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

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