English → Latin
“recollect” in Latin
meminīto remember, recollect, recall, call to mind, think of; to be mindful of; to bear in mindreminīscorto recollect or rememberrecordorto call to mind, remember, recall, recollect
The English word recollect itself goes back to Latin colligō, through recollectus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
recollect
repetere aliquid memoria, or memoriam rei, or aliquid (☞ but Cic., rarely employs the last construction): meminisse: reminisci: recordari. Vid: also, REMEMBER.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for recollect?
- The usual Latin words for “recollect” are meminī, reminīscor, recordor. 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.