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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la nōscō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [aŋˈnoːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aɲˈɲɔs.ko]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''agnōscō''' (present infinitive agnōscere, perfect active agnōvī, supine agnitum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[ad-|t=to]] and [[nōscō]] “to get to know”, in its old form ⟨gnōscō⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citations are from Plautus, of recognizing.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to recognize, know again, identify, as in Plautus, to recognize someone's hand in a work, as Cicero's knowing God from his works, and to recognize as having some status, as in Cato.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to acknowledge as one's own, a child, as in Nepos, or a deed, and in law to admit liability or accept an inheritance, as in Ulpian and Gaius.^(OLD 2012) It meant to recognize the value or truth of something, to accept an accusation, to acknowledge with gratitude, and to become aware of, realize, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Pacuvius has the old participle ''agnōta''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to recognize, know, understand, perceive.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|agnostic]], coined by Huxley in 1869, comes instead from Greek ''ágnōstos'' “unknown”.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of recognizing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of recognizing a status.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of knowing God from his works.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|recognize]], identify.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To acknowledge as one's own.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(law)'' To admit liability; to accept (an inheritance).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To admit the truth of.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To acknowledge (with gratitude).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To realize, perceive.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[agnitiō]]
+ * [[agnitor]]
+ * [[agnitus]]
+ * [[agnoscibilis]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[nōscō]]
+ * [[cognōscō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}