dī-nosco — Lewis & Short
dī-nosco (old form, dīgnosco—no
I perf. nor sup.), ĕre, 3, v. a. dis, 2.; nosco, to know apart, to distinguish, discern one thing from another (perh. not ante-Aug.).
(a) With ab:
vix ut dinosci possit a mastiche verā,Plin. 12, 17, 36, § 72. —
(b) With abl.:
civem dinoscere hoste,Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 29:
ut possem curvo dinoscere rectum,id. ib. 2, 2, 44:
aera tinnitu,Quint. 11, 3, 31:
vocem auribus, speciem oculis,id. ib. 18:
aliquid sapore,Col. 2, 2, 20.—
(g) With accus.:
suos et alienos,Col. 8, 5, 7:
vera bona,Juv. 10, 2:
veri speciem,Pers. 5, 105.—
(d) With rel. clause:
dinoscere Quid solidum crepet, etc.,Pers. 5, 24.—(e) Absol.:
inter se similes, vix ut dinoscere possis,Ov. M. 13, 835; Suet. Oth. 12.