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cognĭtĭo (noun F) : cognosco.
* In gen., a becoming acquainted with, learning to know, acquiring knowledge, knowledge as a consequence of perception or of the exercise of our mental powers, knowing, acquaintance, cognition (in good prose; esp. freq. in Cic. and Quint.).
* Abstr.: cognitio contemplatioque naturae,Cic. Off. 1, 43, 153: rerum occultarum,id. ib. 1, 4, 13: rerum,id. Fin. 3, 5, 17: animi,id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71: deorum,id. N. D. 2, 56, 140: urbis,id. Imp. Pomp. 14, 40: in studiis sententiae cognitionisque versabitur,id. Off. 1, 6, 19; cf. id. ib. 1, 44, 158; id. Fin. 5, 12, 34: illi, quorum studia vitaque omnis in rerum cognitione versata est,id. Off. 1, 44, 155; cf. id. ib. § 157: quorum ego copiam magnitudinem cognitionis atque artis non contemno,culture,id. de Or. 1, 51, 219; Quint. 1, 10, 10; 12, 11, 17 al.: omnia, quae cognitione digna sunt,Cic. Off. 1, 43, 153; 2, 2, 5: cognitione atque hospitio dignus,id. Arch. 3, 5; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 90: cognitio et aestimatio rerum,id. 2, 18, 1; 4, 2, 40.
* Specif., a legal t. t., a judicial examination, inquiry, cognizance, trial (very freq.): ne quod judicium, neve ipsius cognitio illo absente de existimatione ejus constitueretur,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 60: lex earum rerum consulibus cognitionem dedit,id. Att. 16, 16, C, 11; cf. id. ib. § 12: captorum agrorum,id. Agr. 2, 22, 60; so, principum et senatūs,Quint. 3, 10, 1; 7, 2, 20: patrum,Tac. A. 1, 75: magistratuum,Suet. Claud. 12: praetoria,Quint. 3, 6, 70: rerum capitalium,Liv. 1, 49, 4: falsi testamenti,Suet. Claud. 9: caedis,id. Rhet. 6: vacantium militiae munere,Liv. 4, 26, 12: de Christianis,Plin. Ep. 10, 97: de famosis libellis,Tac. A. 1, 72: de ejusmodi criminibus ac reis,Suet. Tib. 28: de Votieno Montano,Tac. A. 4, 42: inter patrem et filium,Liv. 1, 50, 9: dies cognitionis,the day of trial,Cic. Brut. 32, 87.
* In Terence twice for agnitio, recognition, discovery (cf. cognosco), Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 33; id. Eun. 5, 3, 12.
* Knowledge, a branch of learning (late Lat.): studiosus cognitionum omnium princeps,Amm. 21, 1, 7: 25, 4, 7.
* In gen., a becoming acquainted with, learning to know, acquiring knowledge, knowledge as a consequence of perception or of the exercise of our mental powers, knowing, acquaintance, cognition (in good prose; esp. freq. in Cic. and Quint.).
* Abstr.: cognitio contemplatioque naturae,Cic. Off. 1, 43, 153: rerum occultarum,id. ib. 1, 4, 13: rerum,id. Fin. 3, 5, 17: animi,id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71: deorum,id. N. D. 2, 56, 140: urbis,id. Imp. Pomp. 14, 40: in studiis sententiae cognitionisque versabitur,id. Off. 1, 6, 19; cf. id. ib. 1, 44, 158; id. Fin. 5, 12, 34: illi, quorum studia vitaque omnis in rerum cognitione versata est,id. Off. 1, 44, 155; cf. id. ib. § 157: quorum ego copiam magnitudinem cognitionis atque artis non contemno,culture,id. de Or. 1, 51, 219; Quint. 1, 10, 10; 12, 11, 17 al.: omnia, quae cognitione digna sunt,Cic. Off. 1, 43, 153; 2, 2, 5: cognitione atque hospitio dignus,id. Arch. 3, 5; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 90: cognitio et aestimatio rerum,id. 2, 18, 1; 4, 2, 40.
* Specif., a legal t. t., a judicial examination, inquiry, cognizance, trial (very freq.): ne quod judicium, neve ipsius cognitio illo absente de existimatione ejus constitueretur,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 60: lex earum rerum consulibus cognitionem dedit,id. Att. 16, 16, C, 11; cf. id. ib. § 12: captorum agrorum,id. Agr. 2, 22, 60; so, principum et senatūs,Quint. 3, 10, 1; 7, 2, 20: patrum,Tac. A. 1, 75: magistratuum,Suet. Claud. 12: praetoria,Quint. 3, 6, 70: rerum capitalium,Liv. 1, 49, 4: falsi testamenti,Suet. Claud. 9: caedis,id. Rhet. 6: vacantium militiae munere,Liv. 4, 26, 12: de Christianis,Plin. Ep. 10, 97: de famosis libellis,Tac. A. 1, 72: de ejusmodi criminibus ac reis,Suet. Tib. 28: de Votieno Montano,Tac. A. 4, 42: inter patrem et filium,Liv. 1, 50, 9: dies cognitionis,the day of trial,Cic. Brut. 32, 87.
* In Terence twice for agnitio, recognition, discovery (cf. cognosco), Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 33; id. Eun. 5, 3, 12.
* Knowledge, a branch of learning (late Lat.): studiosus cognitionum omnium princeps,Amm. 21, 1, 7: 25, 4, 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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