I. Not examined, untried: “vestra solum legitis, vestra amatis, ceteros causā incognitā condemnatis,” Cic. N. D. 2, 29, 73: “res,” id. Caec. 10, 29.—
II. Not known, unknown (class.; “esp. freq. in Cic.): ne incognita pro cognitis habeamus,” Cic. Off. 1, 6, 18: “insperatum omnibus consilium, incognitum certe,” id. Phil. 4, 1, 3: “falsa aut incognita res,” id. Ac. 1, 12, 45: “effata fatidicorum,” id. Leg. 2, 8, 20: quae omnia fere Gallis erant incognita, Caes, B. G. 4, 20, 3; so with dat., id. ib. 4, 29, 1: “lex,” Cic. Agr. 3, 10, 25: “biduum ad recognoscendas res datum dominis, tertio incognita sub hasta veniere,” unclaimed, not identified by the owners, Liv. 5, 16, 7: “qui incognitum famae aperuerint armis orbem terrarum,” id. 42, 52, 14: “palus oculis incognita nostris,” i. e. unseen, Ov. M. 2, 46: “cum incognitum (eum) alias haberet,” did not know, Suet. Aug. 94: nihil ejusmodi invenio; “itaque incognito nimirum assentiar,” Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 113; cf. id. ib. 2, 36, 114: “contineo igitur me, ne incognito assentiar,” id. ib. 2, 43, 133: “Rebecca incognita viro,” a maiden, Vulg. Gen. 24, 16: longi mensura incognita nervi, unknown, i. e. unparalleled, greater than any known, Juv. 9, 34.
