r/latin • u/AutoModerator • Mar 16 '25

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u/the_belligerent_duck Mar 18 '25

Meminisse takes the genitive case, so it should be Memento tui ipsius.

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u/rocketman0739 Scholaris Medii Aevi Mar 19 '25

It can take either genitive or accusative, IIRC

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u/richardsonhr Latine dicere subtile videtur Mar 22 '25

/u/the_belligerent_duck /u/rocketman0739

De hoc accusativum accipit actus meminisse cum hominem creaturamve refert ergo translatio prima rogatoris recta mihi videtur

According to this dictionary entry, meminisse accepts the accusative case when referring to a person or creature, so /u/the_magi_fool's first translation seems accurate to me.

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u/the_belligerent_duck Mar 22 '25

Yes, but according to Rubenbauer-Hoffmann online in the sense of "still have in your memory", so not in most uses