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nōscere to get to know
nōscere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to get to know.
Definitions for nōscere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
See cognōscō; to get to know
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To get to know, find out (an item of information). (b) (w. indir. qu.; also, acc. and inf.). (c) to become cognizant of (a person or thing) as existing or (an event) as having occured, come to hear of.
- 2
To familiarize oneself with, make the acquaintance of. (b) to learn the character of (someone); ~se te or sim, know thyself, etc.
- 3
To examine, study, inspect. (b) to examine judicially, try (a case).
- 4
To become personally acquainted with (someone).
- 5
To ascertain to be (a person or thing) that one has seen before or has previous knowledge of, recognize. (b) (w. acc. and inf.) to recall the fact (that).
Sentences with nōscere
Latin to English
Magnum propiusque nōscendum ut ērudītissimō virō vīsum.Compare To him, as a very learned man, it seemed a great thing and one that had to be observed at closer range.
Quid mirum, noscere mundum si possunt homines, quibus est et mundus in ipsis, exemplumque dei quisque est in imagine parva?Compare Who can wonder that the world is known so well by man, since himself is one? The same composure in his form is shewed, and man's the little image of the God.
Novi iste homo forma res publica, ius bellum, exemplum maiores?Compare Do these men know the constitution of the republic, the laws of war, the examples of our ancestors?
Conjugation table for nōscere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| nōscō nōscis nōscit nōscimus nōscitis nōscunt | nōscēbam nōscēbās nōscēbat nōscēbāmus nōscēbātis nōscēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| nōvī nōvistī nōvit nōvimus nōvistis nōvērunt / nōvēre | nōveram nōverās nōverat nōverāmus nōverātis nōverant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| nōscam nōscēs nōscet nōscēmus nōscētis nōscent | nōverō nōveris nōverit nōverimus nōveritis nōverint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| nōscam nōscās nōscat nōscāmus nōscātis nōscant | nōscerem nōscerēs nōsceret nōscerēmus nōscerētis nōscerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| nōverim nōveris nōverit nōverimus nōveritis nōverint | nōvissem nōvissēs nōvisset nōvissēmus nōvissētis nōvissent |
Infinitive present nōscere Infinitive perfect nōvisse Infinitive future nōtūrum esse | Imperative present nōsce nōscite Imperative future nōscitō nōscitō nōscitōte nōscuntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| nōscor nōsceris nōscitur nōscimur nōsciminī nōscuntur | nōscēbar nōscēbāris / nōscēbāre nōscēbātur nōscēbāmur nōscēbāminī nōscēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| nōtus sum nōtus es nōtus est nōtī sumus nōtī estis nōtī sunt | nōtus eram nōtus erās nōtus erat nōtī erāmus nōtī erātis nōtī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| nōscar nōscēris / nōscēre nōscētur nōscēmur nōscēminī nōscentur | nōtus erō nōtus eris nōtus erit nōtī erimus nōtī eritis nōtī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| nōscar nōscāris / nōscāre nōscātur nōscāmur nōscāminī nōscantur | nōscerer nōscerēris / nōscerēre nōscerētur nōscerēmur nōscerēminī nōscerentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| nōtus sim nōtus sīs nōtus sit nōtī sīmus nōtī sītis nōtī sint | nōtus essem nōtus essēs nōtus esset nōtī essēmus nōtī essētis nōtī essent |
Infinitive present nōscī Infinitive perfect nōtum esse Infinitive future nōtum īrī | Imperative present nōscere nōsciminī Imperative future nōscitor nōscitor - nōscuntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | nōscēns | nōscentēs |
| Gen. | nōscentis | nōscentium |
| Dat. | nōscentī | nōscentibus |
| Acc. | nōscentem | nōscentēs |
| Abl. | nōscente | nōscentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | nōtūrus | nōtūrī |
| Gen. | nōtūrī | nōtūrōrum |
| Dat. | nōtūrō | nōtūrīs |
| Acc. | nōtūrum | nōtūrōs |
| Abl. | nōtūrō | nōtūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | nōtus | nōtī |
| Gen. | nōtī | nōtōrum |
| Dat. | nōtō | nōtīs |
| Acc. | nōtum | nōtōs |
| Abl. | nōtō | nōtīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | nōscendus | nōscendī |
| Gen. | nōscendī | nōscendōrum |
| Dat. | nōscendō | nōscendīs |
| Acc. | nōscendum | nōscendōs |
| Abl. | nōscendō | nōscendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | nōscere | nōtum |
| Gen. | nōscendī | nōtū |
| Dat. | nōscendō | |
| Acc. | nōscendum | |
| Abl. | nōscendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 482.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1190.
- 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): 122.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "nōscō (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/nosco.
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Wheelock's Latin
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