LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

recēnseō

recēnseō (present infinitive recēnsēre, perfect active recēnsuī, supine recēnsum)
Classical[rɛˈkẽː.se.oː]Ecclesiastical[reˈt͡ʃɛn.se.o]

Meaning

  1. to count, enumerate, reckon or survey
  2. to review, examine, survey or muster
  3. to go over, revise or review

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

numerō, ōrdine lūstrō
recēnseō -ēre — in Aeneis, ch. 16

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.recēnseōrecēnsēbamrecēnsēbōrecēnsuīrecēnsueramrecēnsuerō
2nd sg.recēnsēsrecēnsēbāsrecēnsēbisrecēnsuistīrecēnsuerāsrecēnsueris
3rd sg.recēnsetrecēnsēbatrecēnsēbitrecēnsuitrecēnsueratrecēnsuerit
1st pl.recēnsēmusrecēnsēbāmusrecēnsēbimusrecēnsuimusrecēnsuerāmusrecēnsuerimus
2nd pl.recēnsētisrecēnsēbātisrecēnsēbitisrecēnsuistisrecēnsuerātisrecēnsueritis
3rd pl.recēnsentrecēnsēbantrecēnsēbuntrecēnsuērunt
recēnsuēre		recēnsuerantrecēnsuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.recēnseamrecēnsēremrecēnsuerimrecēnsuissem
2nd sg.recēnseāsrecēnsērēsrecēnsuerīsrecēnsuissēs
3rd sg.recēnseatrecēnsēretrecēnsueritrecēnsuisset
1st pl.recēnseāmusrecēnsērēmusrecēnsuerīmusrecēnsuissēmus
2nd pl.recēnseātisrecēnsērētisrecēnsuerītisrecēnsuissētis
3rd pl.recēnseantrecēnsērentrecēnsuerintrecēnsuissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.recēnseorrecēnsēbarrecēnsēbor
2nd sg.recēnsēris
recēnsēre		recēnsēbāris
recēnsēbāre		recēnsēberis
recēnsēbere
3rd sg.recēnsēturrecēnsēbāturrecēnsēbitur
1st pl.recēnsēmurrecēnsēbāmurrecēnsēbimur
2nd pl.recēnsēminīrecēnsēbāminīrecēnsēbiminī
3rd pl.recēnsenturrecēnsēbanturrecēnsēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.recēnsearrecēnsērer
2nd sg.recēnseāris
recēnseāre		recēnsērēris
recēnsērēre
3rd sg.recēnseāturrecēnsērētur
1st pl.recēnseāmurrecēnsērēmur
2nd pl.recēnseāminīrecēnsērēminī
3rd pl.recēnseanturrecēnsērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.recēnsērecēnsēre
pres. 2nd pl.recēnsēterecēnsēminī
fut. 2nd sg.recēnsētōrecēnsētor
fut. 3rd sg.recēnsētōrecēnsētor
fut. 2nd pl.recēnsētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.recēnsentōrecēnsentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiverecēnsērerecēnsērī
perfect infinitiverecēnsuisserecēnsum esse
future infinitiverecēnsūrum esserecēnsum īrī
present participlerecēnsēns—
perfect participle—recēnsus
recēnsa, recēnsā, recēnsae, recēnsam, recēnsārum, recēnsās, recēnsī, recēnsīs, recēnsō, recēnsōrum, recēnsōs
future participlerecēnsūrus
recēnsūra, recēnsūrā, recēnsūrae, recēnsūram, recēnsūrārum, recēnsūrās, recēnsūre, recēnsūrī, recēnsūrīs, recēnsūrō, recēnsūrōrum, recēnsūrōs, recēnsūrum		recēnsendus
recēnsenda, recēnsendā, recēnsendae, recēnsendam, recēnsendārum, recēnsendās, recēnsende, recēnsendīs, recēnsendōrum, recēnsendōs
gerundrecēnsendī, recēnsendō, recēnsendumsupinerecēnsum, recēnsū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

recensere, lustrare, recognoscere exercitum (Liv. 42. 31)
to review an army.

rĕ-censĕo, sŭi, sum, and sītum (recensus, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 5 med.; and Suet. Caes. 41; id. Vesp. 9, acc. to the better read., recensitus; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 60; Prud. Apoth. 1069), 2, v. a.
I. Lit., to count, enumerate, number, reckon, survey (syn.: numero; class., but not in Cic.; see, however, recensio): haec in Aeduorum finibus recensebantur numerusque inibatur, * Caes. B. G. 7, 76; cf.: recensuit captivos, quot cujusque populi essent, Liv. 26, 49: omnem suorum numerum, Verg. A. 6, 682: captivos ordine pisces, Ov. M. 13, 932: biduo acceptam cladem, Liv. 10, 36, 15: pecus et familiam, Col. 1, 8 fin.: et recensuit Saul populum, Vulg. 1 Reg. 13, 15.—
II. Transf., to examine, review, muster, survey (mostly post - Aug.): vestem servitiorum et ferramenta, bis singulis mensibus (along with recognitio), Col. 11, 1, 21: loca ab initio, Quint. 11, 2, 20 et saep.: vellera ad numerum pecoris, Col. 12, 3, 9: qui recensi (recensiti) non essent, who had not been received or considered (in the distribution of the public corn), Suet. Caes. 41 fin.—Esp., of troops, etc., to review: exercitum, Liv. 1, 16: in recensendo exercitu, Suet. Calig. 44: legiones, Liv. 2, 39: equites, id. 40, 46; 43, 16.—Poet.: signa recensuerat bis sol sua, had gone through, run through, Ov. F. 3, 575.—
III. Trop., to go over in thought, in narration, or in critical treatment, to reckon up, recount, review, revise (poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Stat. S. 5, 3, 20; cf.: fata fortunasque virūm moresque manusque, Verg. A. 6, 683: fortia facta, Ov. H. 9, 105; so, deploratos Priamidas, id. M. 13, 481: parva exempla, Stat. S. 4, 1, 29: haec recensente pictore, App. M. 9, p. 229, 2: ut post recenserentur (poemata), Gell. 17, 10, 6.—Absol.: quod magnificum referente alio fuisset, ipso qui gesserat recensente vanescit, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 15.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinrecēnseō

Latin cēnseō Latin recēnseō From re- + cēnseō (“give an opinion”).

Descendants
  • Englishrecense
  • Frenchrecenser
  • Germanrezensieren
  • Italianrecensire
  • Spanishrecensir
  • Spanishrecenser
  • Spanishrecensear
  • Dutchrecenserenfrom French recenser

Quick answers

What does recēnseō mean in Latin?
recēnseō, a verb, means “to count, enumerate, reckon or survey; to review, examine, survey or muster; to go over, revise or review”.
What are the principal parts of recēnseō?
recēnseō, recēnsēre, recēnsuī, recēnsum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce recēnseō?
In classical Latin, [rɛˈkẽː.se.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [reˈt͡ʃɛn.se.o].
Where does recēnseō come from?
Proto-Italic *wre- → Latin recēnseō.