Expertlatin
- What is the direct translation of memento mori?
- How do you use memento mori in a sentence?
- Is memento mori grammatically correct?
- What is the opposite of memento mori?
What is the direct translation of memento mori?
Memento mori literally means "Remember you must die". The early Puritan settlers were particularly aware of death and fearful of what it might mean, so a Puritan tombstone will often display a memento mori intended for the living.
How do you use memento mori in a sentence?
plural memento mori
something that reminds people that everyone must die: The painting features a human skull, the classic memento mori.
Is memento mori grammatically correct?
As a noun, memento mori is both singular and plural, though a few scattered instances of the plural memento moris are easily found. Like most long-established loan phrases in English, memento mori is usually unitalicized in modern use.
What is the opposite of memento mori?
Memento mori engendered an opposite imperative -- memento vivere -- the Latin for "remember that you must live." Less common and of more recent vintage (according to the Oxford English Dictionary), memento vivere seems to imply that a preoccupation with death is perhaps unwise and unhealthy.
