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memento mori

[ muh-men-toh mawr-ahy, mohr-ahy, mawr-ee, mohr-ee; Latin me-men-toh moh-ree ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural memento mori

memento mori

/ ˈmɔːriː /

an object, such as a skull, intended to remind people of the inevitability of death

First recorded in 1585–95, memento mori is from Latin mementō morī

C16: Latin: remember you must die

It would be novel, economical, and moral; a kind of memento mori—a death's head at the feast!

There is a series of songs in his collection which might be respectively entitled 'Memento mori' and 'Memento vivere.'

Now, Nietzsche voiced the revolt of those temperaments whose ears were attuned rather to "Memento vivere" than "Memento mori."

His mighty body was left as a memento mori to the valiant bull who succeeded him in the affections of his widows and offspring.

The initials of her name, M. H. are smoked upon the ceiling as a kind of memento mori to the next inhabitant.

April 17, 2024axolotl

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