recognosco

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /re.koɡˈnoːs.koː/, [rɛkɔŋˈnoːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.koɲˈɲos.ko/, [rekoɲˈɲɔsko]

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

Related terms

• accognōscō
• cognōscō
• percognōscō
• praecognōscō

Descendants

• Aragonese: reconoixer
• 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^[1], 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^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016