LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

recolō

recolō (present infinitive recolere, perfect active recoluī, supine recultum)
Classical[ˈrɛ.kɔ.ɫoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɛː.ko.lo]

Meaning

  1. to till or cultivate again
  2. to renew
  3. to reconsider
  4. to recall or reflect upon
  5. to contemplate
  6. to recollect

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.recolōrecolēbamrecolamrecoluīrecolueramrecoluerō
2nd sg.recolisrecolēbāsrecolēsrecoluistīrecoluerāsrecolueris
3rd sg.recolitrecolēbatrecoletrecoluitrecolueratrecoluerit
1st pl.recolimusrecolēbāmusrecolēmusrecoluimusrecoluerāmusrecoluerimus
2nd pl.recolitisrecolēbātisrecolētisrecoluistisrecoluerātisrecolueritis
3rd pl.recoluntrecolēbantrecolentrecoluērunt
recoluēre
recoluerantrecoluerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.recolamrecoleremrecoluerimrecoluissem
2nd sg.recolāsrecolerēsrecoluerīsrecoluissēs
3rd sg.recolatrecoleretrecolueritrecoluisset
1st pl.recolāmusrecolerēmusrecoluerīmusrecoluissēmus
2nd pl.recolātisrecolerētisrecoluerītisrecoluissētis
3rd pl.recolantrecolerentrecoluerintrecoluissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.recolorrecolēbarrecolar
2nd sg.recoleris
recolere
recolēbāris
recolēbāre
recolēris
recolēre
3rd sg.recoliturrecolēbāturrecolētur
1st pl.recolimurrecolēbāmurrecolēmur
2nd pl.recoliminīrecolēbāminīrecolēminī
3rd pl.recolunturrecolēbanturrecolentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.recolarrecolerer
2nd sg.recolāris
recolāre
recolerēris
recolerēre
3rd sg.recolāturrecolerētur
1st pl.recolāmurrecolerēmur
2nd pl.recolāminīrecolerēminī
3rd pl.recolanturrecolerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.recolerecolere
pres. 2nd pl.recoliterecoliminī
fut. 2nd sg.recolitōrecolitor
fut. 3rd sg.recolitōrecolitor
fut. 2nd pl.recolitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.recoluntōrecoluntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiverecolererecolī
perfect infinitiverecoluisserecultum esse
future infinitiverecultūrum esserecultum īrī
present participlerecolēns—
perfect participle—recultus
reculta, recultā, recultae, recultam, recultārum, recultās, reculte, recultī, recultīs, recultō, recultōrum, recultōs
future participlerecultūrus
recultūra, recultūrā, recultūrae, recultūram, recultūrārum, recultūrās, recultūre, recultūrī, recultūrīs, recultūrō, recultūrōrum, recultūrōs, recultūrum
recolendus
recolundus, recolenda, recolendā, recolendae, recolendam, recolendārum, recolendās, recolende, recolendīs, recolendōrum, recolendōs
gerundrecolendī, recolendō, recolendumsupinerecultum, recultū

rĕ-cŏlo, cŏlŭi, cuitum, 3, v. a.,
I. to till or cultivate again, to work anew.
I. Lit.: desertam terram, Liv. 27, 5: spargere humo post tempora longa recultae, Ov. M. 5, 647: agros, Val. Fl. 7, 68: metalla intermissa, Liv. 39, 24.— *
B. To inhabit again, to revisit a place: nemo libenter recolit, qui laesit locum, Phaedr. 1, 18, 1.—
II. Trop., to exercise or practise again, to resume, renew.
A. In gen.: certum est, antiqua recolam et servibo mihi, I'll drive the old trade again, i. e. will lead again my old way of life, Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 3: eas artes, quibus a pueris dediti fuimus, Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 2; cf.: ad haec studia recolenda, id. Arch. 6, 13: dignitatem, id. ap. Non. 439, 2: ingenia nostra meditatione, Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 7: avitum decus, Tac. A. 3, 72: Galbae imagines, to set up again, id. H. 3, 7: adulescentulos paternis sacerdotiis, to reinvest, id. ib. 1, 77: diem dapibus, to celebrate, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 262.—
B. In partic.
1. To think over, recall to mind, reflect upon, consider: haec ego quom ago Cum meo animo et recolo, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 25; cf.: quae si tecum ipse recolis, Cic. Phil. 13, 20, 45: sua facta pectore, Cat. 63, 45: hoc tua, nam recolo, quondam germana canebat, Ov. H. 5, 113; Hilar. Trin. 1, 17: haec in corde, Vulg. Thren. 3, 21.—
2. To contemplate, survey: inclusas animas ... Lustrabat studio recolens omnemque suorum Forte recensebat numerum, * Verg. A. 6, 681.
rĕ-cōlo, āre, v. a.,
I. to strain again: oleum per linteum duplex, Scrib. Comp. 268.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinrecolō

Latin colō Latin recolō From re- + colō.

Quick answers

What does recolō mean in Latin?
recolō, a verb, means “to till or cultivate again; to renew; to reconsider”.
What are the principal parts of recolō?
recolō, recolere, recoluī, recultum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce recolō?
In classical Latin, [ˈrɛ.kɔ.ɫoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈrɛː.ko.lo].
Where does recolō come from?
Proto-Italic *wre- → Latin recolō.