recognosco

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Latin

Etymology

From re- (“back; again”) +‎ cognōscō (“know, recognize”).

Pronunciation

Verb

recognōscō (present infinitive recognōscere, perfect active recognōvī, supine recognitum); third conjugation

  1. to know again, recollect, recall to mind, recognize
  2. to look over, review, investigate, examine, inspect; certify, authenticate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of recognōscō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present recognōscō recognōscis recognōscit recognōscimus recognōscitis recognōscunt
imperfect recognōscēbam recognōscēbās recognōscēbat recognōscēbāmus recognōscēbātis recognōscēbant
future recognōscam recognōscēs recognōscet recognōscēmus recognōscētis recognōscent
perfect recognōvī recognōvistī,
recognōstī1 		recognōvit recognōvimus,
recognōmus1 		recognōvistis,
recognōstis1 		recognōvērunt,
recognōvēre,
recognōrunt1
pluperfect recognōveram,
recognōram1 		recognōverās,
recognōrās1 		recognōverat,
recognōrat1 		recognōverāmus,
recognōrāmus1 		recognōverātis,
recognōrātis1 		recognōverant,
recognōrant1
future perfect recognōverō,
recognōrō1 		recognōveris,
recognōris1 		recognōverit,
recognōrit1 		recognōverimus,
recognōrimus1 		recognōveritis,
recognōritis1 		recognōverint,
recognōrint1
passive present recognōscor recognōsceris,
recognōscere 		recognōscitur recognōscimur recognōsciminī recognōscuntur
imperfect recognōscēbar recognōscēbāris,
recognōscēbāre 		recognōscēbātur recognōscēbāmur recognōscēbāminī recognōscēbantur
future recognōscar recognōscēris,
recognōscēre 		recognōscētur recognōscēmur recognōscēminī recognōscentur
perfect recognitus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect recognitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect recognitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present recognōscam recognōscās recognōscat recognōscāmus recognōscātis recognōscant
imperfect recognōscerem recognōscerēs recognōsceret recognōscerēmus recognōscerētis recognōscerent
perfect recognōverim,
recognōrim1 		recognōverīs,
recognōrīs1 		recognōverit,
recognōrit1 		recognōverīmus,
recognōrīmus1 		recognōverītis,
recognōrītis1 		recognōverint,
recognōrint1
pluperfect recognōvissem,
recognōssem1 		recognōvissēs,
recognōssēs1 		recognōvisset,
recognōsset1 		recognōvissēmus,
recognōssēmus1 		recognōvissētis,
recognōssētis1 		recognōvissent,
recognōssent1
passive present recognōscar recognōscāris,
recognōscāre 		recognōscātur recognōscāmur recognōscāminī recognōscantur
imperfect recognōscerer recognōscerēris,
recognōscerēre 		recognōscerētur recognōscerēmur recognōscerēminī recognōscerentur
perfect recognitus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect recognitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — recognōsce — — recognōscite —
future — recognōscitō recognōscitō — recognōscitōte recognōscuntō
passive present — recognōscere — — recognōsciminī —
future — recognōscitor recognōscitor — — recognōscuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives recognōscere recognōvisse,
recognōsse1 		recognitūrum esse recognōscī recognitum esse recognitum īrī
participles recognōscēns — recognitūrus — recognitus recognōscendus,
recognōscundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
recognōscendī recognōscendō recognōscendum recognōscendō recognitum recognitū

1The verb "nōscō" and its compounds frequently drop the syllables "vi" and "ve" from their perfect, pluperfect and future perfect conjugations.

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References

  • “recognosco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “recognosco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • recognosco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to review an army: recensere, lustrare, recognoscere exercitum (Liv. 42. 31)
  • recognosco in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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