reminiscentia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /re.mi.niːsˈken.ti.a/, [rɛmɪniːs̠ˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.mi.niʃˈʃen.t͡si.a/, [reminiʃˈʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Etymology 1

From reminīscēns +‎ -ia. Calque of Ancient Greek ἀνάμνησις (anámnēsis).

Noun

reminīscentia f (genitive reminīscentiae); first declension

1. recollection, remembrance, reminiscence

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	reminīscentia	reminīscentiae
Genitive	reminīscentiae	reminīscentiārum
Dative	reminīscentiae	reminīscentiīs
Accusative	reminīscentiam	reminīscentiās
Ablative	reminīscentiā	reminīscentiīs
Vocative	reminīscentia	reminīscentiae

Descendants

• → English: reminiscence
• → French: réminiscence
• → German: Reminiszenz
• → Italian: reminiscenza
• → Spanish: reminiscencia

References

• reminiscentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• reminiscentia in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “reminiscentiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “reminiscentia”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

Etymology 2

Participle

reminīscentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of reminīscēns