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|lshtext=<b>rĕ-cĭto</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.<br /><b>I</b> In the [[best]] [[prose]], a publicist's t. t., to [[read]] [[out]], [[recite]] a [[document]], [[statement]], [[report]], etc., in [[public]] proceedings: alicujus [[testimonium]], Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 23; cf.: testimonia tabulasve, Quint. 7, 10, 13: litteras in concione, Cic. Att. 8, 9, 2: litteras in senatu, id. Fam. 10, 12, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 1; Sall. C. 34, 3; cf. Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1; 12, 25, 1; Caes. B. G. 7, 48: [[edictum]], Cic. Quint. 29, 89; id. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 26: orationem, id. Planc. 30, 74: [[nolo]] [[cetera]] recitare, id. ib.: epistulam meam, id. Sull. 24, 67: [[quid]] ego [[nunc]] hic Chlori [[testimonium]] recitem? id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 23: rogationem suam [[populo]], Quint. 10, 5, 13: [[testamentum]], id. 9, 2, 35: recitet ex codice, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 26; so, [[responsum]] ex scripto, Liv. 23, 11: de tabulis publicis, Cic. Fl. 17, 40: auctionem populi Romani de legis scripto, id. Agr. 2, 18, 48: [[elogium]] de testamento, id. Clu. 48, 135.— Of persons: testamento si recitatus [[heres]] esset [[pupillus]] [[Cornelius]], Cic. Caecin. 19, 54; so, [[heres]], Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 177: aliquem praeterire in recitando senatu, in the [[list]] of senators, Cic. Dom. 32, 84; so, senatum, Liv. 29, 37: aut recitatis in actione, aut nominatis testibus, by [[reading]] [[over]] the witnesses (i. e. [[their]] [[testimony]]) or by [[simply]] naming [[them]], Quint. 5, 7, 25; v. Spald. ad h. l. —<br /><b>II</b> In gen., to [[read]] [[out]], [[recite]] [[any]] [[thing]] in [[public]] (freq. [[since]] the Aug. per., [[after]] [[which]] it became [[customary]] to [[recite]] one's [[own]] works [[before]] audiences; cf.: [[pronuntio]], [[declamo]]): To. At [[clare]] recitato. Do. Tace, dum [[perlego]], Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 30: [[postquam]] recitasti [[quod]] erat cerae [[creditum]], id. ib. 4, 3, 59: in [[medio]], qui Scripta [[foro]] recitent, sunt multi, Hor. S. 1, 4, 75; cf. id. ib. 1, 4, 23; id. Ep. 1, 19, 42; 2, 1, 223; Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 45; id. P. 3, 5, 39; Juv. 8, 126; 3, 9; Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 1; 1, 5, 4; 1, 13; 2, 10, 6 et saep. al.—With dat.: nec recitem cuiquam [[nisi]] amicis, Hor. S. 1, 4, 73: Quinctilio si [[quid]] recitares, id. A. P. 438: nec [[illi]] ... verba [[ultra]] suppeditavere [[quam]] ut [[sacramentum]] recitaret, Tac. H. 4, 59.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[repeat]] from [[memory]], [[say]] by [[heart]], [[recite]]: [[quin]] [[etiam]] recitare, si [[qua]] meminerunt, cogendi sunt (phrenetici), Cels. 3, 18, 39; Mart. 9, 83, 4. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Of prayers, to [[say]], [[offer]] (eccl. Lat.): orationes, Vulg. Tob. 3, 25.
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|gf=<b>rĕcĭtō</b>,⁸ āvī, ātum, āre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> lire à haute voix [une loi, un [[acte]], une lettre], produire, [[citer]] : Pl. Pers. 500 ; 528 ; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 23 ; ex codice Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, lire sur le registre ; de tabulis publicis Cic. Fl. 40, lire sur les registres officiels, cf. Agr. 2, 48 ; Clu. 135 ; [invitation de l’avocat au greffier] recita [[testimonium]] Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 61, [[lis]] le témoignage ; recitentur fœdera Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, qu’on fasse lecture du texte du traité ; in recitando senatu Cic. Domo 84, en lisant la liste des sénateurs<br /><b>2</b> prononcer [une formule] : Tac. H. 4, 59<br /><b>3</b> lire [son propre ouvrage] en public, faire une lecture publique : Hor. S. 1, 4, 75 ; Ep. 1, 19, 42 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 7, 17, 1<br /><b>4</b> réciter [en gén.], [[dire]] de mémoire : Cels. Med. 3, 18, 19 ; Mart. 9, 83, 4 || réciter [en parl. de prières] : Vulg. Tob. 3, 25.
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