cōgnōscō, cōgnōscere, cōgnōvī, cōgnitum

Definitions for cōgnōscere

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to become acquainted with, learn, recognize
2
in perfect tenses, know
English derivatives:
cognizance cognizant cognition connoisseur incognito reconnaissance reconnoiter

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To get to know (in pf. often = to know), learn, find out (facts, etc.). (b) (w. acc. and inf.). (c) (w. obj. cl.) (d) (w. de.) (e) (app. also in pres.) to know.
2
(w. pred.) To find to be.
3
To acquire a knowledge of, study, master, learn (a subject, etc.).
4
To investigate judicially, hear or try (a case). (b) (w. preps.). (c) (w. obj. cl.).
5
To become acquainted with, get to know (persons; also places). (b) to get to know carnally.

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Sentences with cōgnōscere

Latin to English

Ōrātor rogāvit cūr cēterī cīvēs haec cōnsilia nōn cognōvissent.Compare The orator asked why the other citizens had not learned these plans.

Cum dōna iūcunda tulissent, potuī tamen īnsidiās eōrum cognōscere.Compare Although they had brought pleasing gifts, I was able nevertheless to recognize their treachery.

Quaerisne ut nātūram omnium rērum cognōscāmus?Compare Do you ask that we learn (= ask us to learn) the nature of all things?

Cognōvimus pācem in patriā eōrum nōn inventam esse.Compare We learned that peace had not been found in their country.

Cum eum vidēbis, eum cognōscēs.Compare When you (will) see him [i.e., at that very moment], you will recognize him.

Cum cognōvisset quanta beneficia cēterī trēs offerent, ipse aequa beneficia obtulit.Compare When he had learned what great benefits the other three men were offering, he himself offered equal benefits.

Introduco Statilius: cognosco signum; recito tabella.Compare Statilius was brought in: he recognised the seal: the papers were read.

Quis ago, et ubi sum, cognosco.Compare I knew what you were doing, and where you were.

Conjugation table for cōgnōscere

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
cōgnōscō cōgnōscis cōgnōscit cōgnōscimus cōgnōscitis cōgnōscunt	cōgnōscēbam cōgnōscēbās cōgnōscēbat cōgnōscēbāmus cōgnōscēbātis cōgnōscēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
cōgnōvī cōgnōvistī cōgnōvit cōgnōvimus cōgnōvistis cōgnōvērunt / cōgnōvēre	cōgnōveram cōgnōverās cōgnōverat cōgnōverāmus cōgnōverātis cōgnōverant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
cōgnōscam cōgnōscēs cōgnōscet cōgnōscēmus cōgnōscētis cōgnōscent	cōgnōverō cōgnōveris cōgnōverit cōgnōverimus cōgnōveritis cōgnōverint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
cōgnōscam cōgnōscās cōgnōscat cōgnōscāmus cōgnōscātis cōgnōscant	cōgnōscerem cōgnōscerēs cōgnōsceret cōgnōscerēmus cōgnōscerētis cōgnōscerent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
cōgnōverim cōgnōveris cōgnōverit cōgnōverimus cōgnōveritis cōgnōverint	cōgnōvissem cōgnōvissēs cōgnōvisset cōgnōvissēmus cōgnōvissētis cōgnōvissent
Infinitive present cōgnōscere Infinitive perfect cōgnōvisse Infinitive future cōgnitūrum esse	Imperative present cōgnōsce cōgnōscite Imperative future cōgnōscitō cōgnōscitō cōgnōscitōte cōgnōscuntō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
cōgnōscor cōgnōsceris cōgnōscitur cōgnōscimur cōgnōsciminī cōgnōscuntur	cōgnōscēbar cōgnōscēbāris / cōgnōscēbāre cōgnōscēbātur cōgnōscēbāmur cōgnōscēbāminī cōgnōscēbantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
cōgnitus sum cōgnitus es cōgnitus est cōgnitī sumus cōgnitī estis cōgnitī sunt	cōgnitus eram cōgnitus erās cōgnitus erat cōgnitī erāmus cōgnitī erātis cōgnitī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
cōgnōscar cōgnōscēris / cōgnōscēre cōgnōscētur cōgnōscēmur cōgnōscēminī cōgnōscentur	cōgnitus erō cōgnitus eris cōgnitus erit cōgnitī erimus cōgnitī eritis cōgnitī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
cōgnōscar cōgnōscāris / cōgnōscāre cōgnōscātur cōgnōscāmur cōgnōscāminī cōgnōscantur	cōgnōscerer cōgnōscerēris / cōgnōscerēre cōgnōscerētur cōgnōscerēmur cōgnōscerēminī cōgnōscerentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
cōgnitus sim cōgnitus sīs cōgnitus sit cōgnitī sīmus cōgnitī sītis cōgnitī sint	cōgnitus essem cōgnitus essēs cōgnitus esset cōgnitī essēmus cōgnitī essētis cōgnitī essent
Infinitive present cōgnōscī Infinitive perfect cōgnitum esse Infinitive future cōgnitum īrī	Imperative present cōgnōscere cōgnōsciminī Imperative future cōgnōscitor cōgnōscitor - cōgnōscuntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	cōgnōscēns	cōgnōscentēs
Gen.	cōgnōscentis	cōgnōscentium
Dat.	cōgnōscentī	cōgnōscentibus
Acc.	cōgnōscentem	cōgnōscentēs
Abl.	cōgnōscente	cōgnōscentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	cōgnitūrus	cōgnitūrī
Gen.	cōgnitūrī	cōgnitūrōrum
Dat.	cōgnitūrō	cōgnitūrīs
Acc.	cōgnitūrum	cōgnitūrōs
Abl.	cōgnitūrō	cōgnitūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	cōgnitus	cōgnitī
Gen.	cōgnitī	cōgnitōrum
Dat.	cōgnitō	cōgnitīs
Acc.	cōgnitum	cōgnitōs
Abl.	cōgnitō	cōgnitīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	cōgnōscendus	cōgnōscendī
Gen.	cōgnōscendī	cōgnōscendōrum
Dat.	cōgnōscendō	cōgnōscendīs
Acc.	cōgnōscendum	cōgnōscendōs
Abl.	cōgnōscendō	cōgnōscendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	cōgnōscere	cōgnitum
Gen.	cōgnōscendī	cōgnitū
Dat.	cōgnōscendō
Acc.	cōgnōscendum
Abl.	cōgnōscendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 206.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 346.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.

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Citation

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Allo Contributors. "cōgnōscō, cōgnōscere, cōgnōvī, cōgnitum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 24, 2023. Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/cognosco-cognoscere-cognovi-cognitum.