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recognosco
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Lewis Short
(verb) : rĕ-cognosco, gnōvi, gnĭtum, 3
* To know again, recollect, recall to mind, recognize, i. q. recordor (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.): se non tum illa discere, sed reminiscendo recognoscere,Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57 (just before, recordari); cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32: fugam et furtum,id. ib. 2, 2, 6, § 18: ea, quae scit, mecum recognoscere,id. ib. 1, 5, 15; cf. id. Cat. 1, 3, 6: noctem illam superiorem mecum recognosce,id. ib. 1, 4, 8; Liv. 44, 38: cum te penitus recognovi, timere desino,Cic. Deiot. 2, 4; cf.: personas quasdam,id. Mil. 6, 6: in quibus (litteris) mirificum tuum erga me amorem recognovi, Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 1; so, res (suas),Liv. 5, 16: spatia certaminum,Tac. H. 2, 70: dona templorum,id. Agr. 6: cuncta loca,Ov. M. 11, 62: sacra eruta annalibus,id. F. 1, 7; cf.: ille se imperatorem cognosceret,feel himself,Capitol. Gord. 30.
* To look over, review, investigate, examine, inspect, i. q. recenseo (so most freq. since the Aug. per.): quoniam non recognoscimus nunc leges populi Romani sed aut repetimus ereptas aut novas scribimus,Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 37: socios navales,Liv. 42, 31; cf. Front. Strat. 4, 6, 3: peregrinos,Just. 43, 4, 11: equitum turmas,Suet. Aug. 37; 38; id. Tib. 61; Just. 43, 4, 11: agros,Liv. 42, 8, 9: ergastula, Suet. Aug. 32: supellectilem Darei et omnem pecuniam,Curt. 5, 1, 23: mancipia ergastuli,Col. 1, 8, 16: instrumentum rusticum,id. 11, 1, 20: numerum (gregis, militum),id. 8, 11, 2; Just. 3, 1, 7: praedam,id. 11, 14, 8: sigillum,App. M. 10, p. 243, 8.— Poet.: (Caesar triumphans) Dona recognoscit populorum, surveys, * Verg. A. 8, 721.
* In partic., to examine a writing in respect to its genuineness and value; to certify, authenticate: tabulas in foro summā hominum frequentiā exscribo ... Haec omnia summā curā et diligentiā recognita et collata et ab hominibus honestissimis obsignata sunt,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190; cf.: decretum Pompeii,id. Balb. 5, 11: codicem,id. Vatin. 2, 5: descriptum et recognitum,Dig. 10, 2, 5; Inscr. Grut. 214; 573: libellos recognoscere et emendare,to revise and correct,Plin. Ep. 4, 26, 1.
* To know again, recollect, recall to mind, recognize, i. q. recordor (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.): se non tum illa discere, sed reminiscendo recognoscere,Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57 (just before, recordari); cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32: fugam et furtum,id. ib. 2, 2, 6, § 18: ea, quae scit, mecum recognoscere,id. ib. 1, 5, 15; cf. id. Cat. 1, 3, 6: noctem illam superiorem mecum recognosce,id. ib. 1, 4, 8; Liv. 44, 38: cum te penitus recognovi, timere desino,Cic. Deiot. 2, 4; cf.: personas quasdam,id. Mil. 6, 6: in quibus (litteris) mirificum tuum erga me amorem recognovi, Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 1; so, res (suas),Liv. 5, 16: spatia certaminum,Tac. H. 2, 70: dona templorum,id. Agr. 6: cuncta loca,Ov. M. 11, 62: sacra eruta annalibus,id. F. 1, 7; cf.: ille se imperatorem cognosceret,feel himself,Capitol. Gord. 30.
* To look over, review, investigate, examine, inspect, i. q. recenseo (so most freq. since the Aug. per.): quoniam non recognoscimus nunc leges populi Romani sed aut repetimus ereptas aut novas scribimus,Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 37: socios navales,Liv. 42, 31; cf. Front. Strat. 4, 6, 3: peregrinos,Just. 43, 4, 11: equitum turmas,Suet. Aug. 37; 38; id. Tib. 61; Just. 43, 4, 11: agros,Liv. 42, 8, 9: ergastula, Suet. Aug. 32: supellectilem Darei et omnem pecuniam,Curt. 5, 1, 23: mancipia ergastuli,Col. 1, 8, 16: instrumentum rusticum,id. 11, 1, 20: numerum (gregis, militum),id. 8, 11, 2; Just. 3, 1, 7: praedam,id. 11, 14, 8: sigillum,App. M. 10, p. 243, 8.— Poet.: (Caesar triumphans) Dona recognoscit populorum, surveys, * Verg. A. 8, 721.
* In partic., to examine a writing in respect to its genuineness and value; to certify, authenticate: tabulas in foro summā hominum frequentiā exscribo ... Haec omnia summā curā et diligentiā recognita et collata et ab hominibus honestissimis obsignata sunt,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190; cf.: decretum Pompeii,id. Balb. 5, 11: codicem,id. Vatin. 2, 5: descriptum et recognitum,Dig. 10, 2, 5; Inscr. Grut. 214; 573: libellos recognoscere et emendare,to revise and correct,Plin. Ep. 4, 26, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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