Memento Mori Meaning In English. Memento is the 2nd person singular active imperative of meminī, 'to remember, to bear in mind', usually serving as a warning: This channel was made in the inevitability of death and will be deleted in one year after its creation.
An object that you keep to remember a person, place, or event: “memento mori,” or translated in english, “remember you must die.” the point of this reminder isn’t to be morbid or promote fear, but to inspire, motivate and clarify. Memento is sometimes spelled momento, perhaps by association with moment.
Dictionary entry details • memento mori (noun) sense 1.
A memento mori estimated at £50 million that weighs heavy on our minds. In english, this term translates to ‘remember you must die.’ the latin word ‘momento’ means ‘to remember’ while ‘more’ means ‘death.’ Remember! mori is the present infinitive of the deponent verb morior 'to die'. In early imperial rome when an emperor or general, would return to rome after a successful campaign (military or political) he would cruise the streets on a chariot.
