reminisci

Reminisci is a Latin verb meaning to recall or remember. It is treated as a deponent verb of the third conjugation, so its forms appear with passive endings but carry active meaning. In Latin usage, reminisci conveys the act of recollecting past events, memories, or experiences, often with a reflective or nostalgic nuance.

The principal parts are reminiscor, reminisci, rememoratus sum. The infinitive is reminisci, and the participle is rememoratus. Because reminisci is deponent, its tense and mood are formed like passive verbs, yet it is translated actively. Typical present forms include reminiscor (I recall) and reminiscitur (he recalls), with other tenses following the same passive morphology while expressing active sense.

In classical and late antique Latin, reminisci appears in narrative and reflective passages to describe memory or acts of recalling. It is often used in contexts that emphasize memory as a deliberate mental action rather than a simple factual remembering.

Relation to other memory verbs is notable. Memini, another Latin memory verb, is defective and frequently used with a different set of constructions; reminisci provides a fuller paradigm for expressing the act of recalling across tenses and voices.

See also: Latin grammar, deponent verbs, memini, reminiscence (English).

Reminisci thus represents a stylistically versatile option for expressing the act of remembering in Latin, especially in literary or historical prose where a nuanced sense of recollection is desired.