memento mori
помни о смерти
Memento mori, Sei dir der Sterblichkeit bewusst
An emblematic object or personal ornament, such as a skull, used as a reminder of…An emblematic object or personal ornament, such as a skull, used as a reminder of one's mortality.
/məˌmɛntoʊ ˈmɔːɹi/
Meaning
1 sensesAn emblematic object or personal ornament, such as a skull, used as a reminder of one's mortality.
Memento mori, Sei dir der Sterblichkeit bewusst
помни о смертиpomni o smerti
a reminder (as a death's head) of your mortality
Translations
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Origin
From Latin mementō morī (literally “be mindful of dying”).From Latin mementō morī (literally “be mindful of dying”).
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Forms
plural: memento mori / memento moris / mementos mori / mementoes mori| Singular | memento mori |
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| Plural | memento mori / memento moris / mementos mori / mementoes mori |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedvanitas
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.