MENTION Copy link • MENTION 1. s. commemoratio (of something previously existing): mentio (general term): cursory mention, interjectio verborum (Auct., ad Her., 1, 6, 9): to make mention of a thing, mentionem facere alicujus rei or de re [Vid: To MENTION]: to make mention of anyone, in commemoratione alicujus versari (Vid: Cic., Brut., 49, 181): to make grateful mention of anybody, aliquem grata commemoratione celebrare. 2. v. To notice or signify in words, memorare, commemorare, rem or de re (to utter a previous thought): meminisse (to show that one has not forgotten a thing). (The words are found in this connection and order.) meminisse et commemorare; mentionem alicujus rei habere (to entertain a thought, and to utter it): mentionem facere alicujus rei or de re, mentionem alicujus rei movere, inferre, injicere (to cause the hearer to have or to renew an idea): to mention casually, (casu) in mentionem alicujus rei incidere: to mention in pussing, mentionem alicujus rei inchoare (Liv., 29, 23): to mention frequently, mentionem alicujus rei agitare; crebro or crebris sermonibus aliquid usurpare: without mentioning, etc., ut omittam, quod, etc.; ne dicam, quod, etc.: not to mention all these circumstances, etc., omissis (or remotis) his rebus omnibus: not to mention this, that, etc., ut taceam, ut sileam, followed by an accusative and infinitive; ut praetermittam, followed by quod or an accusative andinfinitive; praeterquam or praeter id, quod, etc. To acquaint, inform; Vid: INFORM.