reminiscor

Latin

Etymology

By surface analysis, re- +‎ miniscor. The precise etymology is uncertain, although it probably derives from the affixation of re- +‎ to a term derived from the addition of the inchoative suffix -sco to a term derived from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétor. Ultimately from the root *men-.

Pronunciation

Verb

reminīscor (present infinitive reminīscī); third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to recollect or remember [with genitive]
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.13:
      sin bello persequi perseveraret, reminisceretur et veteris incommodi populi Romani et pristinae virtutis Helvetiorum
      If on the other hand, he continued to follow them with war, he was urged to remember the earlier disasters of the Roman people and the ancient virtue of the Helvetii.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of reminīscor (third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stems)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present reminīscor reminīsceris,
reminīscere 		reminīscitur reminīscimur reminīsciminī reminīscuntur
imperfect reminīscēbar reminīscēbāris,
reminīscēbāre 		reminīscēbātur reminīscēbāmur reminīscēbāminī reminīscēbantur
future reminīscar reminīscēris,
reminīscēre 		reminīscētur reminīscēmur reminīscēminī reminīscentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present reminīscar reminīscāris,
reminīscāre 		reminīscātur reminīscāmur reminīscāminī reminīscantur
imperfect reminīscerer reminīscerēris,
reminīscerēre 		reminīscerētur reminīscerēmur reminīscerēminī reminīscerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — reminīscere — — reminīsciminī —
future — reminīscitor reminīscitor — — reminīscuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present reminīscī — reminīscēns —
future — — — reminīscendus,
reminīscundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
reminīscendī reminīscendō reminīscendum reminīscendō — —

Descendants

  • English: reminisce

References

  • “reminiscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “reminiscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “reminiscor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 371
  • Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 435
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