recito

See also: recitó, recitò, and rečito

Italian

Verb

recito

1. first-person singular present indicative of recitare

Anagrams

• citerò
• cortei
• retico

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.ki.toː/, [ˈrɛ.kɪ.toː]

Verb

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

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

Inflection

Conjugation of recito (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, recitāsti1	recitāvit	recitāvimus	recitāvistis, recitāstis1	recitāvērunt, recitāvēre
	pluperfect	recitāveram	recitāverās	recitāverat	recitāverāmus	recitāverātis	recitāverant
	future perfect	recitāverō	recitāveris	recitāverit	recitāverimus	recitāveritis	recitāverint
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	recitāverīs	recitāverit	recitāverīmus	recitāverītis	recitāverint
	pluperfect	recitāvissem, recitāssem1	recitāvissēs, recitāsses1	recitāvisset, recitāsset1	recitāvissēmus, recitāssemus1	recitāvissētis, recitāssetis1	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	recitātūrus esse	recitārī	recitātus esse	recitātum īrī
participles		recitāns	—	recitātūrus	—	recitātus	recitandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		recitāre	recitandī	recitandō	recitandum	recitātum	recitātū

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

Descendants

• English: recite
• French: réciter
• Galician: rezar
• Italian: recitare

• Norman: r'citer (Jersey)
• Portuguese: recitar, rezar
• Spanish: recitar, rezar

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)
    

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Portuguese

Verb

recito

1. first-person singular present indicative of recitar

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Spanish

Verb

recito

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of recitar.