recognosco
Latin
Etymology
From re- (“back; again”) + cognōscō (“know, recognize”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /re.koɡˈnoːs.koː/, [rɛkɔŋˈnoːs̠koː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /re.koɲˈɲos.ko/, [rekoɲˈɲɔsko]
Verb
recognōscō (present infinitive recognōscere, perfect active recognōvī, supine recognitum); third conjugation
- I know again, recollect, recall to mind, recognize.
- I look over, review, investigate, examine, inspect; certify, authenticate.
Conjugation
Conjugation of recognōscō (third conjugation) | |||||||
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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.
Derived terms
- recognitiō
Related terms
- accognōscō
- cognōscō
- percognōscō
- praecognōscō
Descendants
- Asturian: reconocer
- Catalan: reconèixer
- → English: recognosce, recognize
- Old French: reconoistre
- French: reconnaître
- → English: reconnoiter
- Friulian: ricognossi
- → German: rekognoszieren
- → Swedish: rekognosera
- Istriot: ricugnusi
- Italian: riconoscere
- Occitan: arreconéisher, reconéisser
- Portuguese: reconhecer
- Romanian: recunoaște
- Sicilian: arricanùsciri, ricanùsciri
- Spanish: reconocer
- Walloon: ricnoxhe
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)
- to review an army: recensere, lustrare, recognoscere exercitum (Liv. 42. 31)
- recognosco in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016