accognosco Latin · revision 9855

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Varro|origins=ine-pro *ǵneh₃-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''accognōscō''' (present infinitive accognōscere, perfect active accognōvī, supine accognitum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''adcognōscō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ad-|cognōscō|t2=to get to know, recognise]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨nōscō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*gnōske-]], from [[ine-pro|*ǵnh₃-sḱé-|t=to know]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot's earliest source is Varro's ''Rēs rūsticae''.^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to recognise, by sight or otherwise, to know perfectly, as in Varro, Seneca, Petronius and Tertullian.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|recognise]], know perfectly.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cognōscō]]

+ * [[agnōscō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}