reminiscor

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ *(me)minīscor, from meminī (“remember”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /re.miˈniːs.kor/, [rɛmɪˈniːs̠kɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.miˈnis.kor/, [remiˈniskor]

Verb

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

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, no supine stem, deponent, no perfect stem)

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		reminīscī	—	—	—	—	—
participles		reminīscēns	—	—	—	—	reminīscendus, reminīscundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		reminīscendī	reminīscendō	reminīscendum	reminīscendō	—	—

Related terms

• comminīscor
• meminī
• reminīscēns

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.