Expert: Maria - 11/3/2005

Question
Dear Madam,

Not being very good at grammar, and especially Latin grammar, I've been trying to find the plural form of Memoria (Memory). The objective was to find a good company/product. I hope you will be able to help me with this.

/ Mikael

Answer
Hello,

The nominative plural of the Latin noun  “Memoria” (nominative singular) is “Memoriae”, but this plural, which however is seldom used,  does not mean “Memories”, but “Annals”.

So, if you want to use the plural "Memories", you
should use  another Latin  word, i.e. "Commentarii" meaning exactly "Memories".

In short, the noun MEMORIA (1st declension) has only the singular, while the plural is absolutely rare.

Best regards,
Maria
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Memoria (nominative case)
Memoriae (genitive)
Memoriae(dative)
Memoriam (accusative)
Memoria(vocative)
Memoria (ablative)