English → Latin
“reconnoitre” in Latin
explōrōto investigate, search out, seek, discover, examine, explore; to spy out, reconnoitre; to test, try, put to the proofspeculorto watch, to observe; to examine, to explore; to spyrecognōscōto know again, recollect, recall to mind, recognize; to look over, review, investigate, examine, inspect; certify, authe
The English word reconnoitre itself goes back to Latin nōscō, through recognoscere.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
reconnoitre
explorare: speculari (the former, to obtain information respecting anything, aliquid or de re; the latter, to spy out, whether from a higher position or by close observation; Vid: Caes., B.G., 1, 47. The latter refers rather to information gained by one’s own sight, the former to intelligence gained by means of others): cognoscere situm alicujus loci; cognoscere qualis (sit) natura alicujus loci (☞ not cognoscere, or recognoscere, aliquid): situm loci visere; naturam loci perspicere; situm loci perspeculari; visere aliquid (general term; e.g., copias hostium): to send to reconoitre, qualis (sit) natura loci qui cognoscant mittere; perspeculatores or exploratores cognoscere jubere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for reconnoitre?
- The usual Latin words for “reconnoitre” are explōrō, speculor, recognōscō. 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.