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cernō crēvī, certus, ere

2 CER-, to separate, part, sift: in cribris omnia cavis, O. — Fig., of the sight, to distinguish, discern, make out, perceive, see: si satis cerno, T.: acutum, H.: oculis cerni, N.: quae cernere et videre non possumus: haec coram, to witness, Cs.: coram letum, V.: acies a nostris cernebatur, Cs.: Venus, nulli cernenda, invisible, O.: neque misceri omnia cerneres, S.: cernis ut insultent Rutuli? V.: cernebatur novissimos illorum premi vehementer, Cs.To see mentally, discern, perceive, comprehend, understand: eas (res) ingenio: ea quae erant vera: amorem, T.: cerno animo acervos civium: fortis animus cernitur, shows itself.—To decide, decree, determine, resolve: quotcumque senatus creverit populusque iusserit: priusquam id sors cerneret, L.: certā sorte, after the lot was decided, L.: Ferro non auro vitam cernamus utrique: cernere ferro, V.: potius germanum amittere crevi quam tibi ... deessem, Ct.: pro patriā, S.—In law, with hereditatem, formally to declare oneself heir to, accept, enter upon: quam hereditatem iam crevimus: hereditatem regni, L. — Fig.: fratris amorem cum reliquā hereditate crevisse.

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