LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

memoria

memoria f (genitive memoriae)
Classical[mɛˈmɔ.ri.a]Ecclesiastical[meˈmɔː.ri.a]
№ 627 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. femininememory; the ability to remember
    Cōgitantī mihi saepenumerō, et memoriā vetera repetentī, perbeātī fuisse, Quīnte frāter, illī vidērī solent...When I often start thinking and recall my memories of the old days, my brother Quintus, those men of old usually seem to have been very blessed... (literally, “To me thinking often and seeking old things off memory, my brother Quintus, those men seem to have been very blessed”)55 BCE, Cicero, De oratore 1.1
  2. femininea remembrance, a thing remembered
  3. broadlyfemininea time of remembrance

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quā ea quae fuērunt in animō manent.
memoria -ae f — in Mille Verba, Animus et Adfectūs

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativememoriamemoriae
genitivememoriaememoriārum
dativememoriaememoriīs
accusativememoriammemoriās
ablativememoriāmemoriīs
vocativememoriamemoriae

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

memoriā labi
to make a slip of the memory.
memoria custodire
to keep in mind.
antiquitatis memoria
ancient history.
rerum veterum memoria
ancient history.
memoria et recordatio
vivid recollection.
post hominum memoriam
within the memory of man.
memoriā tenere aliquid
to remember a thing perfectly.
memoria tanta fuit, ut
he had such an extraordinary memory that...
41 more phrases
memoria rerum Romanarum
Roman history (as tradition).
memoria patrum nostrorum
in our fathers' time.
memoriae mandare aliquid
to impress on the memory.
memoria vetus (Or. 34. 120)
ancient history.
recentioris aetatis memoria
modern history.
in memoriam alicuius redire
to recall to mind a thing or person.
memoriam alicuius rei tenere
to remember a thing perfectly.
ex memoria (opp. de scripto)
from memory; by heart.
nostra memoria (Cael. 18. 43)
the history of our own times; contemporary history.
memoriam alicuius rei repetere
to recall to mind a thing or person.
grata memoria aliquem prosequi
to show a thankful appreciation of a person's kindness.
recenti memoria tenere aliquid
to have a vivid recollection of a thing.
duplex est memoria de aliqua re
a twofold tradition prevails on this subject.
historicorum fide contestata memoria
historic times.
memoria huius aetatis (horum temporum)
the history of our own times; contemporary history.
homines huius aetatis, nostrae memoriae
our contemporaries; men of our time.
memoriam annalium or temporum replicare
to consult history.
haec tempora, nostra haec aetas, memoria
the present day.
aliquid in memoria nostra penitus insidet
a thing has been vividly impressed on our memory.
memoriam alicuius rei conservare, retinere
to retain the recollection of a thing.
memoriam alicuius pie inviolateque servare
to show an affectionate regard for a person's memory.
memoria alicuius rei excidit, abiit, abolevit
the recollection of a thing has been entirely lost.

mĕmŏrĭa, ae, f. memor.
I. The faculty of remembering, memory, recollection (class.): ubi me fugiet memoria, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 2: Edepol, memoria's optumad, id. Mil. 1, 1, 45: bona, Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2: segnis ac lenta, Sen. Ep. 74, 1: tenacissima, Quint. 1, 1, 19: Hortensius memoriā tantā fuit, ut, etc., Cic. Brut. 88, 301: hoc in memoria mea penitus insedit, id. de Or. 2, 28, 122: in memoriam redigere, to recall to mind, recollect, id. Fam. 1, 9, 9; so, in memoriam reducere, id. Inv 1, 52, 98 memoriā comprehendere, to hold in the memory, commit to memory, id. do Or. 1, 34, 154: memoriā tenere, id. Sen. 4, 12; Caes. B. G. 1, 14: memoriā custodire, Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127: memoriam agitare, to exercise the memory, Quint. 1, 8, 14: habere in memoriā, to remember, Ter. And. 1, 1, 13: hoc est mihi in memoriā, in my recollection, Cic. Sull. 13, 37: deponere aliquid ex memoriā, to forget a thing, id. ib. 6, 18: memoriam alicujus deponere, to forget, Caes. B. G. 1, 14: si memoria fefellerit, Quint. 11, 3, 127: hoc fugit memoriam meam, has escaped my recollection, id. 4, 5, 3: Carthaginem excidisse de memoriā, Liv. 29, 19, 12; cf.: memoriā cedere, id. 2, 33, 9: memoriā abire, id. 2, 4, 2 ut mea memoria est, Cic. Att. 13, 31, 4: ex memoriā exponam, from memory, id. Cat. 3, 6, 13.—
II. Memory, remembrance: si quid faciendumst mulieri male ... Ibi ei inmortalis memoriast meminisse, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 15: verterunt sese memoriae, remembrances are altered, i. e. times are changed, id. Truc. 2, 1, 10: memoriā dign' viri, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 2: nostrae, id. Fam. 8, 3, 3: memoriae prodere sermonem alicujus, to hand down to posterity, to leave in writing, to record, id. de Or. 3, 4, 14: memoriam prodere, to transmit, hand down, Caes. B. G. 1, 13: traditur memoriae, prolapsum cecidisse, it is related, Liv. 5, 21: vivit, vivetque per omnium saeculorum memoriam, Vell. 2, 66, 5: (oratio) ad memoriam laudum domesticarum, Cic. Brut. 16, 62: quorum memoria et recordatio jucunda sane fuit, id. ib. 2, 9: memoria immortalis, Nep. Att. 11, 5.—
B. Transf.
1. The time of remembrance, period of recollection, time: multi superiori memoriā se in alias civitates contulerunt, in earlier times, Cic. Balb. 12, 28: Cratippus princeps hujus memoriae philosophorum, in our time, at the present time, id. Off. 3, 2, 5: quod persaepe et nostrā, et patrum memoriā acci dit, id. Font. 7, 13: usque ad nostram memoriam, id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54: quod in omni memoriā est omnino inauditum, id. Vatin. 14, 33: post hominum memoriam, since the memory of man, id. Cat. 1, 7, 16: paulo supra hanc memoriam, a little before this, a short time since, Caes. B. G. 6, 19.—
2. An historical account, relation, narration: liber, quo iste omnium rerum memoriam breviter complexus est, Cic. Brut. 3, 14: de Magonis interitu duplex memoria prodita est, Nep. Hann. 8, 2: memoriam vitae prosā oratione composuit, Suet. Claud. 1 fin.—
b. Concr., a written account, narrative, memoir: quispiam ex his, qui se ad litteras memoriasque veteres dediderat, Gell. 2, 21, 6: in veteribus memoriis scriptum legimus, id. 4, 6, 1; 7, 8, 1: sine ullā pristini auctoris memoriā, Suet. Dom. 5.—
c. (Eccl. Lat.) A monument, esp. a Christian church as a memorial of a saint or monument of a martyr: in memoriā Cypriani manere, Aug. Conf 5, 8, 3: memoriae martyrum templis deorum succedunt, id. Civ. Dei, 26, 5; 22, 8, 11 and 12 al.: memoriam sibi et suis com parare, Inscr. Grut. 827, 8.—
III. Personified, the goddess of memory, = Mnemosyne, Afran. ap. Gell. 13, 8, 3: Jovis (filias, ex memoria uxore, Arn. 3, c. 37.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)mer-der.?
  2. Latinmemoria

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin memoria From memor (“mindful, remembering”) + -ia.

Descendants
  • Catalanmemòria
  • Italianmemoria
  • Frenchmémoirefrom Old French memoire
  • Englishmemoirfrom Old French memoire
  • Romanianmemorie
  • Portuguesememóriafrom Old Galician-Portuguese memória
  • Spanishmemoriafrom Old Spanish memoria
  • Haitian Creolememwafrom Old French memoire
  • Mauritian Creolememwarfrom Old French memoire
  • Sicilianmimòria

Quick answers

What does memoria mean in Latin?
memoria, a noun, means “memory; the ability to remember; a remembrance, a thing remembered”.
What is the genitive of memoria?
The genitive singular is memoriae. memoria is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce memoria?
In classical Latin, [mɛˈmɔ.ri.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [meˈmɔː.ri.a].
Where does memoria come from?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-der.? → Latin memoria.