recensio

Latin

Etymology

From recēnseō (“enumerate, reckon”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈken.si.oː/, [rɛˈkẽːs̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈt͡ʃen.si.o/, [reˈt͡ʃɛnsio]

Noun

recēnsiō f (genitive recēnsiōnis); third declension

1. an enumeration, review, reassessment

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	recēnsiō	recēnsiōnēs
Genitive	recēnsiōnis	recēnsiōnum
Dative	recēnsiōnī	recēnsiōnibus
Accusative	recēnsiōnem	recēnsiōnēs
Ablative	recēnsiōne	recēnsiōnibus
Vocative	recēnsiō	recēnsiōnēs

Related terms

• recēnseō
• recēnsus
• rec.

Descendants

• English: recension
• French: recension
• → German: Rezension
• → Russian: рецензия (recenzija) (see there for further descendants)

References

• “recensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “recensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• recensio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.