memento mori

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  1. noun A reminder of death or mortality, especially a death's-head.
  2. noun A reminder of human failures or errors.

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

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  1. Latin, remember to die, i. e. that thou must die; usually translated, ‘remember death’: memento, 2d person singular imperative of meminisse, remember (see memento); mori, die (see mort, mort).
 

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/məˈmɛnˈtoʊ moʊri/
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