recognosco

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.

Derived terms
  • recognitiō

Descendants

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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