recenseo Latin · revision 33036

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 50 BC, Caesar|origins=la cēnseō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [rɛˈkẽː.se.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [reˈt͡ʃɛn.se.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''recēnseō''' (present infinitive recēnsēre, perfect active recēnsuī, supine recēnsum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|re-|cēnseō|t2=to assess, estimate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Caesar writes of forces counted and reviewed in the territory of the Aedui.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to count, enumerate or survey: Livy has prisoners counted by their peoples, Virgil a whole troop or flock numbered, and the Vulgate Saul counting the people.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short call it classical but not in Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Above all it is to review troops, and of a censor to review the roll, as Livy's knights.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it is to pass in review, enumerate in the mind, in speech or in writing: Livy asks whether he should list the Roman generals.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ovid uses it of the sun passing through its signs.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Besides ''recēnsus'' there is a participle ''recēnsītus'', in Suetonius, Claudian and Prudentius.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin also uses it of recalling, examining and celebrating.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of reviewing forces.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of counting a flock.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of censors and generals.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate of Saul counting the people.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To count, enumerate, [[m|en|survey]]; to [[m|en|review]] troops; of a censor, to review the roll.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To pass in review, recount; to revise, examine.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' To recall; to celebrate.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[recēnsiō]]

+ * [[recensitiō]]

+ * [[recensus]]

+ * [[recēnsītus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[censeo|alt=cēnseō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}