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memento mori

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me⋅men⋅to mo⋅ri

  [muh-men-toh mawr-ahy, mohr-ahy, mawr-ee, mohr-ee; for 1 also Lat. me-men-toh moh-ree]
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–noun, plural memento mori for 2.
1. (italics) Latin. remember that you must die.
2. an object, as a skull, serving as a reminder of death or mortality.
Origin:
1585–95; < L mementō morī
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memento mo·ri   (môr'ē)   
n.   pl. memento mori

  1. A reminder of death or mortality, especially a death's-head.

  2. A reminder of human failures or errors.


[New Latin mementō morī, be mindful of dying : Latin mementō, sing. imperative of meminisse, to remember + Latin morī, to die.]
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