reminiscor Latin · revision 8070

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=Terence|origins=la meminī}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛ.mɪˈniːs.kɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [re.miˈnis.kor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[re-]] “again” and ⟨-miniscor⟩, an inchoative formed to the root of [[meminī]] “to remember”, as in [[comminīscor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary calls the precise formation uncertain.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Terence, of recalling something.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to recall to mind, recollect, as in Terence, and in Nepos, perhaps, to conceive.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that ''meminisse'' is remembering as a state, keeping something in mind, while ''reminīscī'' and ''recordārī'' are acts of recalling what had been forgotten.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to remember, recollect, be mindful of.^(Stelten 1995) Late Latin ''reminīscentia'', a translation of Greek ''anamnēsis'', gave [[en|reminiscence]] in the 1580s, and [[en|reminisce]] was formed from it in 1829.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of recollecting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 100–24 BC – Nepos uses it perhaps of conceiving.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1580s – English ''reminiscence'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To recall, [[m|en|recollect]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To conceive.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[meminī]]

+ * [[comminīscor]]

+ * [[en|reminiscence]]

+ * [[en|reminisce]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes it from [[meminī]] and [[recordor]].^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}