recens
Latin
Etymology
re- + Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“new, fresh”), with a semantic development to "rise freshly, come up, begin", also seen in cognates such as Old Irish cinim (“to rise”) and Old Church Slavonic начѧти (na-čęti, “to begin”), въчѧти (vŭ-čęti, “to begin”).
Classical cognates include Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “new”) and Sanskrit कनीन (kanī́na, “young, youthful”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈre.kens/, [ˈrɛ.kẽːs]
Inflection
Third declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | recēns | recēns | recentēs | recentia | |
Genitive | recentis | recentis | recentium | recentium | |
Dative | recentī | recentī | recentibus | recentibus | |
Accusative | recentem | recēns | recentēs | recentia | |
Ablative | recentī | recentī | recentibus | recentibus | |
Vocative | recēns | recēns | recentēs | recentia |
- comparative: recentior, superlative: recentissimus
Descendants
References
- recens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- recens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- recens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to have a vivid recollection of a thing: recenti memoria tenere aliquid
- fresh troops relieve the tired men: integri et recentes defatigatis succedunt
- to have a vivid recollection of a thing: recenti memoria tenere aliquid
- recens in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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