English → Latin
“recapitulate” in Latin
dēcurrōto run, flow, move, sail or swim down; to charge or skirmish; to hasten, rush downpotiorpreferred, preferable, better; better, stronger, more important, more preferable, more desirablerepetōto attack again; to go back to; to recommence, resume, renew or repeat an action; to recount, to recall, to recollect
The English word recapitulate itself goes back to Latin caput, through recapitulātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
recapitulate v.
res disperse ac dissipate dictas unum in locum cogere et reminiscendi causa unum sub aspectum subjicere (Cic., De Invent., 1, 52, 98): colligere et commonere quibus de rebus verba fecerimus breviter (Auct., ad Her., 2, 30, 47): enumerationem subjicere (Quint., 6, 1, 3): *rerum capita summatim repetere; *decurrere or repetere per capita; summa rerum capita, or potiora, repetere (Krebs).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for recapitulate?
- The usual Latin words for “recapitulate” are dēcurrō, potior, repetō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.