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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *ǵnh3-sḱé-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈnoːs.kɪ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈnɔʃ.ʃi.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nōscitō''' (present infinitive nōscitāre, perfect active nōscitāvī, supine nōscitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|nōscō|-itō|t1=to get to know]], a frequentative.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) De Vaan traces [[m|la|nōscō]], older ⟨gnōscō⟩, to [[itc-pro|*gnōske-]] and [[ine-pro|*ǵnh3-sḱé-|t=to know]], and compares [[sa|जानाति|tr=jānā́ti]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found first in Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who uses it of examining: ''vestīgia hīc sī qua sunt nōscitābō'', “I will look for any footprints here”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Plautus uses it of examining a house or looking for traces, and of recognizing a person;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Catullus has a child easily recognized by everyone as his father's.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Livy, Curtius, Tacitus and Pliny the Younger use it of recognizing someone by the face or the voice,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) and Livy also of noticing senators in the Forum.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Tacitus has it in the sense “to be acquainted with”.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that neither Cicero nor Caesar uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Gellius has it with an accusative and infinitive.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of examining and recognizing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses it in the passive.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of recognizing a disfigured man.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of being acquainted with a leader.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|examine]], investigate, explore.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To be [[m|en|familiar]] or acquainted with.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|recognize]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To perceive, [[m|en|notice]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nōscitābundus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nōscō]]

+ * [[cognōscō]]

+ * [[agnōscō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}