recordationis

Recordationis is the genitive singular form of the Latin noun recordatio, typically translated as “of remembrance,” “of recalling,” or “of recording.” In English-language scholarship the form appears primarily in discussions of Latin texts and the broader concept of record-keeping, encompassing both memory-based and document-based recording.

Etymology and form: Recordatio derives from recordari, meaning “to recall, remember,” with the abstract noun suffix -atio. The genitive singular is recordationis. In texts, recordationis generally accompanies another noun to indicate the act, process, or result of recording or remembering, and may appear in phrases such as “acta recordationis” (acts of recording) depending on context.

Historical usage: In classical and medieval Latin, recordatio and its inflected forms occur in chronicles, legal codices, and memorial inscriptions to describe acts of remembrance or the recording of events. As a genitive, recordationis functions to qualify a noun with the sense of belonging to a recording or remembrance process.

Modern usage: The term is largely scholarly and not a standard technical term in contemporary archival practice. When used, recordationis tends to appear in analyses of archival memory, liturgical memorials, or discussions of Latin terminology for registral procedures as a Latinized label for the concept of recording information in a registry or memory.

See also: recordatio; registrum; archival science.