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dī-nosco

dī-nosco

to know apart, to distinguish, discern

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What it meant

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.

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