reor

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁- (“to think”), reanalysed root of *h₂er- (“to put together”), in which case it would be cognate with Ancient Greek ἀριθμός (arithmós, “a number”), Old Irish rad (“to say”), Albanian radhë (“queue, row”), Old Church Slavonic радити (raditi, “to care for”), Sanskrit राध्नोति (rādhnoti, “to succeed”) and Ossetian рад (rad, “peace”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈre.or/, [ˈreɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.or/, [ˈrɛːor]

Verb

reor (present infinitive rērī, perfect active ratus sum); second conjugation, deponent

1. to reckon, calculate
2. to think, consider, deem, judge, believe, suppose, suspect, imagine
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.45-46:

     “Dīs equidem auspicibus reor et Iūnōne secundā
     hunc cursum Īliacās ventō tenuisse carīnās.”

     “As for me, I believe [it was] with the gods’ approval and with Juno’s blessing that the Trojan fleet held this course by [a most favorable] wind.”
     (Anna’s mistaken belief reads as tragic irony given Juno’s hostility to Aeneas’s quest.)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of reor (second conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	reor	rēris, rēre	rētur	rēmur	rēminī	rentur
	imperfect	rēbar	rēbāris, rēbāre	rēbātur	rēbāmur	rēbāminī	rēbantur
	future	rēbor	rēberis, rēbere	rēbitur	rēbimur	rēbiminī	rēbuntur
	perfect	ratus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ratus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ratus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rear	reāris, reāre	reātur	reāmur	reāminī	reantur
	imperfect	rērer	rērēris, rērēre	rērētur	rērēmur	rērēminī	rērentur
	perfect	ratus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ratus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	rēre	—	—	rēminī	—
	future	—	rētor	rētor	—	—	rentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		rērī	ratum esse	ratūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		rēns	ratus	ratūrus	—	—	rendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		rendī	rendō	rendum	rendō	ratum	ratū

Synonyms

• (think): crēdō, cōgitō, sentiō, exīstimō, arbitror, opīnor, putō, iūdicō, cēnseō, cōnsīderō

Derived terms

• ratihabeō
• ratiō
• ratiōcinor
• ratō
• ratus

Related terms

• ratiōcinābiliter
• ratiōcinātiō
• ratiōcinātīvus
• ratiōcinātor
• ratiōcinātrīx
• ratiōcinium
• ratiōnābilis
• ratiōnābilitās
• ratiōnābiliter
• ratiōnālis
• ratiōnālitās
• ratiōnāliter
• ratiōnārium
• ratiuncula

Further reading

• “reor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “reor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• reor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Swedish

Noun

reor

1. indefinite plural of rea

Anagrams

• eror, orre