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rĕ-cognosco , gnōvi, gnĭtum, 3, v. a.
I. To know again, recollect, recall to mind, recognize, i. q. recordor (class.; “esp. freq. in Cic.): se non tum illa discere, sed reminiscendo recognoscere,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57 (just before, recordari); cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32: “fugam et furtum,” id. ib. 2, 2, 6, § “18: ea, quae scit, mecum recognoscere,” id. ib. 1, 5, 15; cf. id. Cat. 1, 3, 6: “noctem illam superiorem mecum recognosce,” id. ib. 1, 4, 8; Liv. 44, 38: “cum te penitus recognovi, timere desino,” Cic. Deiot. 2, 4; cf.: “personas quasdam,” id. Mil. 6, 6: in quibus (litteris) mirificum tuum erga me amorem recognovi, Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 1; so, “res (suas),” Liv. 5, 16: “spatia certaminum,” Tac. H. 2, 70: “dona templorum,” id. Agr. 6: “cuncta loca,” Ov. M. 11, 62: “sacra eruta annalibus,” id. F. 1, 7; cf.: “ille se imperatorem cognosceret,” feel himself, Capitol. Gord. 30. —
II. To look over, review, investigate, examine, inspect, i. q. recenseo (so most freq. since the Aug. per.): “quoniam non recognoscimus nunc leges populi Romani sed aut repetimus ereptas aut novas scribimus,” Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 37: “socios navales,” Liv. 42, 31; cf. Front. Strat. 4, 6, 3: “peregrinos,” Just. 43, 4, 11: “equitum turmas,” Suet. Aug. 37; 38; id. Tib. 61; Just. 43, 4, 11: “agros,” Liv. 42, 8, 9: ergastula, Suet. Aug. 32: “supellectilem Darei et omnem pecuniam,” Curt. 5, 1, 23: “mancipia ergastuli,” Col. 1, 8, 16: “instrumentum rusticum,” id. 11, 1, 20: “numerum (gregis, militum),” id. 8, 11, 2; Just. 3, 1, 7: “praedam,” id. 11, 14, 8: “sigillum,” App. M. 10, p. 243, 8.— Poet.: (Caesar triumphans) Dona recognoscit populorum, surveys, * Verg. A. 8, 721. —
B. In partic., to examine a writing in respect to its genuineness and value; to certify, authenticate: “tabulas in foro summā hominum frequentiā exscribo ... Haec omnia summā curā et diligentiā recognita et collata et ab hominibus honestissimis obsignata sunt,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190; cf.: “decretum Pompeii,” id. Balb. 5, 11: “codicem,” id. Vatin. 2, 5: “descriptum et recognitum,” Dig. 10, 2, 5; Inscr. Grut. 214; 573: “libellos recognoscere et emendare,” to revise and correct, Plin. Ep. 4, 26, 1.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (26):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 12.12.1
    • Cicero, For King Deiotarius, 2.4
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.190
    • Cicero, Against Vatinius, 2.5
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.32
    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 1.3.6
    • Cicero, For Cornelius Balbus, 5.11
    • Cicero, For Milo, 6.6
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 11.62
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 8.721
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 32
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 37
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.70
    • Tacitus, Agricola, 6
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 61
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 4.26.1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 31
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 16
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 38
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 3.16
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.24
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 1.8.16
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.11.2
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 5.1.23
    • Ovid, Fasti, 1
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