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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=98–115 AD, Tacitus|origins=la nōtēscō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [pɛr.noːˈteːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [per.noˈtɛs.ko]^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''pernōtēscō''' (present infinitive pernōtēscere, perfect active pernōtuī); third conjugation, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

+ It is found only in perfect forms.^(TLL)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|nōtēscō|t1=thoroughly, completely|t2=to become known]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in Tacitus,^(TLL)^(Georges 1913) who says that everything soon became widely known: ''adeō cūncta mox pernōtuēre''.^(TLL)^(Conte 2010)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to become generally or thoroughly known, often with a sense of speed.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Lewis and Short call it post-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Tacitus also uses it impersonally with an accusative and infinitive, ''pernōtuit'', “it became known that…”, as when it became known that it was Caesar who was roaming about.^(TLL)^(Conte 2010) In the declamations ascribed to Quintilian a new fault becomes notorious, ''nova culpa pernōtuit''.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it personally and impersonally.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To become generally [[m|en|known]], become [[m|en|notorious]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(impersonal, with accusative and infinitive)'' It became known (that).^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}