internosco Latin · revision 34697

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪn.tɛrˈnoːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [in.terˈnɔs.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''internōscō''' (present infinitive internōscere, perfect active internōvī, supine internōtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The perfect infinitive is ''internōsse'' in Plautus and Fronto.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

+ Horace divides it as ''inter-noscere'' across a line end.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|inter-|nōscō|t2=to get to know]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists it among the compounds of [[m|la|nōscō]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*gnōske-]] and [[ine-pro|*ǵnh₃-sḱé-|t=to get to know]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on,^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL) meaning to tell apart: in the ''Amphitruo'' a speaker says “so that you can tell us apart more easily”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Plautus also uses it of twins so alike that their own mother could not tell them apart.^(Lewis & Short 1879) A line of Pacuvius quoted in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' says that fortune cannot distinguish the worthy from the unworthy.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero has the second sense, picking out from others: dogs cannot pick out thieves, but give warning of anyone who comes to the Capitol at night.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it for telling people apart.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius uses it of fortune unable to tell worthy from unworthy.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it for picking out from others.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 100–170 AD – Fronto has the perfect infinitive ''internōsse''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To recognize the difference between, [[m|en|distinguish]], tell apart.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To pick out from others, [[m|en|discern]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Its synonym is [[dinosco|alt=dīnōscō]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}