apomnemonysis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀπομνημόνευσις (apomnēmóneusis, “recollection, quotation from memory”), from ἀπομνημονεύω (apomnēmoneúō, “to recollect, quote from memory”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + μνήμων (mnḗmōn, “mindful”).

noun

  1. The quotation of an approved authority from memory: ad verecundiam.“Apomnemonsysis, called of some Dieu commemoratio, that is, the rehearsal of a saying: It is a forme of speech by which the Orator reciteth some saing or sentence of another worthy of remembrance and observation.”