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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la nōscō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnoː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnɔː.tus]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''nōtus''' (feminine nōta, neuter nōtum, comparative nōtior, superlative nōtissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is the participle of [[nōscō]] “to get to know”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of someone personally known.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant known, of a person known to one, as in Plautus, and familiar, accustomed.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant known by experience or report, understood, ascertained, generally known, with ''nōtum est'' “it is well known”, and notorious.^(OLD 2012) In Plautus it apparently also meant having knowledge, acquainted.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant known, and as a noun a friend, an acquaintance.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''noto''.^(Wiktionary) Its derivative ''nōtitia'' gave [[en|notice]] in the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of the known and familiar.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the generally known.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English ''notice'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Known; familiar.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Generally known, ''nōtum est'', it is well known.^(OLD 2012)
+ # [[m|en|Notorious]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # Acquainted.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' As a noun, an [[m|en|acquaintance]].^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[nōscō]]
+ * [[nōtitia]]
+ * [[ignōtus]]
+ * [[en|notice]]
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+ ==Usage notes==
+ A different word, ''Notus'' or ''Notos'', borrowed from [[grc|Νότος|tr=Nótos]], is the south wind.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}