Lewis Short
(verb) : com-mĕmŏro (conm-), āvi, ātum, 1
* To recall an object to memory in all its particulars.
* Rarely of one's self, to call to mind, be mindful of, keep in mind, remember; with acc. and inf. or rel. -clause: quid quoque die dixerim, audierim, egerim, commemoro vesperi,Cic. Sen. 11, 38.—With acc. and inf.: cottidie commemorabam te unum in tanto exercitu mihi fuisse adsensorem,Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1: vitandi rumoris causā, quo patrem Caesarem vulgo reprehensum commemorabam,Suet. Aug. 45.—More freq.
* Of others, to bring something to one's recollection by speaking of it, to remind of: aliquid,Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 36; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 14: ad commemorandam renovandamque amicitiam missi,Liv. 27, 4, 10: beneficia meminisse debet is, in quem collata sunt, non commemorare qui contulit,Cic. Lael. 20, 71.—Hence (and so most freq.)
* Without the access. idea of remembering, to make mention of something, to recount, relate; constr. with acc., acc. and inf., rel.clause, or with de.
* With acc.: id interdum furtim nomen commemorabitur,Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 29: res,Lucr. 6, 938: causas,Caes. B. C. 3, 66: humanam societatem,Cic. Off. 3, 6, 31: Xenophontis illam jucunditatem,Quint. 10, 1, 82: o commemoranda judicia!Cic. Verr. 1, 14, 42; cf. id. Fam. 1, 9, 18.
* With acc. and inf., Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 160; cf. Nep. Alcib. 2, 2.
* With rel.clause: quid ego nunc commemorem Singillatim, qualis ego in hunc fuerim?Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 42; 4, 5, 3: chlamydem hanc commemores quanti conducta'st?Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 88.
* With de: omnes de tuā virtute commemorant,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 37; so id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; id. Font. 14, 30; Nep. Dion, 6, 2 al.; cf.: multa de aliqua re,id. Hann. 2, 3; id. Att. 17, 1.—(ε) With in: quae si in privatis gloriosa sunt, multo magis commemorabuntur in regibus,Cic. Deiot. 14, 40; cf.: cum legent in ejus virtutibus commemorari saltasse eum commode, Nep. praef. § 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary