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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From reminīscēns + -ia. Calque of Ancient Greek ἀνάμνησις (anámnēsis).
Noun
reminīscentia f (genitive reminīscentiae); first declension
- recollection, remembrance, reminiscence
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- reminiscentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- reminiscentia in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “reminiscentiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “reminiscentia”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
Etymology 2
Participle
reminīscentia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of reminīscēns