recognosco

Latin

Etymology

From re- (back; again) +‎ cognōscō (know, recognize).

Pronunciation

Verb

recognōscō (present infinitive recognōscere, perfect active recognōvī, supine recognitum); third conjugation

  1. to know again, recollect, recall to mind, recognize
  2. to look over, review, investigate, examine, inspect; certify, authenticate

Conjugation

1The verb "nōscō" and its compounds frequently drop the syllables "vi" and "ve" from their perfect, pluperfect and future perfect conjugations.

Derived terms

  • recognitiō

Descendants

References

  • recognosco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • recognosco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • recognosco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to review an army: recensere, lustrare, recognoscere exercitum (Liv. 42. 31)
  • recognosco in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016