recito

See also: recitó, recitò, and rečito

Catalan

Verb

recito

1. first-person singular present indicative of recitar

Italian

Verb

recito

1. first-person singular present indicative of recitare

Anagrams

• citerò, cortei, retico

Latin

Etymology

From re- (“again”) +‎ citō (“call forth”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.ki.toː/, [ˈrɛkɪt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.t͡ʃi.to/, [ˈrɛːt͡ʃit̪o]

Verb

recitō (present infinitive recitāre, perfect active recitāvī, supine recitātum); first conjugation

1. to read aloud, recite
2. to appoint, name (in writing)

Conjugation

Conjugation of recitō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	recitō	recitās	recitat	recitāmus	recitātis	recitant
	imperfect	recitābam	recitābās	recitābat	recitābāmus	recitābātis	recitābant
	future	recitābō	recitābis	recitābit	recitābimus	recitābitis	recitābunt
	perfect	recitāvī	recitāvistī, recitāstī1	recitāvit, recitāt1	recitāvimus, recitāmus1	recitāvistis, recitāstis1	recitāvērunt, recitāvēre, recitārunt1
	pluperfect	recitāveram, recitāram1	recitāverās, recitārās1	recitāverat, recitārat1	recitāverāmus, recitārāmus1	recitāverātis, recitārātis1	recitāverant, recitārant1
	future perfect	recitāverō, recitārō1	recitāveris, recitāris1	recitāverit, recitārit1	recitāverimus, recitārimus1	recitāveritis, recitāritis1	recitāverint, recitārint1
passive	present	recitor	recitāris, recitāre	recitātur	recitāmur	recitāminī	recitantur
	imperfect	recitābar	recitābāris, recitābāre	recitābātur	recitābāmur	recitābāminī	recitābantur
	future	recitābor	recitāberis, recitābere	recitābitur	recitābimur	recitābiminī	recitābuntur
	perfect	recitātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	recitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	recitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	recitem	recitēs	recitet	recitēmus	recitētis	recitent
	imperfect	recitārem	recitārēs	recitāret	recitārēmus	recitārētis	recitārent
	perfect	recitāverim, recitārim1	recitāverīs, recitārīs1	recitāverit, recitārit1	recitāverīmus, recitārīmus1	recitāverītis, recitārītis1	recitāverint, recitārint1
	pluperfect	recitāvissem, recitāssem1	recitāvissēs, recitāssēs1	recitāvisset, recitāsset1	recitāvissēmus, recitāssēmus1	recitāvissētis, recitāssētis1	recitāvissent, recitāssent1
passive	present	reciter	recitēris, recitēre	recitētur	recitēmur	recitēminī	recitentur
	imperfect	recitārer	recitārēris, recitārēre	recitārētur	recitārēmur	recitārēminī	recitārentur
	perfect	recitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	recitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	recitā	—	—	recitāte	—
	future	—	recitātō	recitātō	—	recitātōte	recitantō
passive	present	—	recitāre	—	—	recitāminī	—
	future	—	recitātor	recitātor	—	—	recitantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		recitāre	recitāvisse, recitāsse1	recitātūrum esse	recitārī	recitātum esse	recitātum īrī
participles		recitāns	—	recitātūrus	—	recitātus	recitandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		recitandī	recitandō	recitandum	recitandō	recitātum	recitātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Descendants

• North Italian:
  • ⇒ Emilian: rèsda (Piacentino)
  • ⇒ Ligurian: reixa (Pigna)
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: resder; receer
    • Middle French: redder
    • Picard: reder
    • Old Walloon: resdeir
• West Iberian:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: rezar
    • Galician: rezar
    • Portuguese: rezar
  • Old Spanish: rezdar, rezar
    • Spanish: rezar
    • → Catalan: resar
• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: recitar
  • → English: recite
  • → French: réciter
    • → Norman: r'citer (Jersey)
    • → Romanian: recita
  • → Galician: recitar
  • → German: rezitieren
  • → Italian: recitare
  • → Piedmontese: recité
  • → Portuguese: recitar
  • → Spanish: recitar

References

• “recito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “recito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• recito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to read a piece of verse with expression: carmen recitare
    
  • to read a letter aloud (in public): litteras recitare (Att. 8. 9. 2)
    

Portuguese

Verb

recito

1. first-person singular present indicative of recitar

Spanish

Verb

recito

1. first-person singular present indicative of recitar