nosco — Lewis & Short
nosco, nōvi, nōtum, 3 (old form, GNOSCO, GNOVI, GNOTVM, acc. to
Prisc. p. 569 P.;I inf. pass. GNOSCIER, S. C. de Bacch.; cf. GNOTV, cognitu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.: GNOT (contr. for gnovit) oi)=den, e)piginw/skei; GNOTV, gnw=sin, dia/gnwsin, Gloss. Labb.—Contr. forms in class. Lat. are nosti, noram, norim. nosse; nomus for novimus: nomus ambo Ulixem, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 382 P., or Trag. v. 199 Vahl.), v. a. for gnosco, from the root gno; Gr. gignw/skw, to begin to know, to get a knowledge of, become acquainted with, come to know a thing (syn.: scio, calleo).
I Lit.
1
(a) Tempp. praes.:
cum igitur, nosce te, dicit, hoc dicit, nosce animum tuum,Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 52: Me. Sauream non novi. Li. At nosce sane, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 58; cf.: Ch. Nosce signum. Ni. Novi, id. Bacch. 4, 6, 19; id. Poen. 4, 2, 71:
(Juppiter) nos per gentes alium alia disparat, Hominum qui facta, mores, pietatem et fidem noscamus,id. Rud. prol. 12; id. Stich. 1, 1, 4:
id esse verum, cuivis facile est noscere,Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 8:
ut noscere possis quidque,Lucr. 1, 190; 2, 832; 3, 124; 418; 588; Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64: deus ille, quem mente noscimus, id. N. D. 1, 14, 37.—Pass.:
EAM (tabulam) FIGIER IOVBEATIS, VBEI FACILVMED GNOSCIER POTISIT, S. C. de Bacch.: forma in tenebris nosci non quita est, Ter Hec. 4, 1, 57 sq.: omnes philosophiae partes tum facile noscuntur, cum, etc.,Cic. N. D. 1, 4, 9: philosophiae praecepta noscenda, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 14:
nullique videnda, Voce tamen noscar,Ov. M. 14, 153:
nec noscitur ulli,by any one, id. Tr. 1, 5, 29:
noscere provinciam, nosci exercitui,by the army, Tac. Agr. 5.—
(b) Temppperf., to have become acquainted with, to have learned, to know:
si me novisti minus,Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 47:
Cylindrus ego sum, non nosti nomen meum?id. Men. 2, 2, 20:
novi rem omnem,Ter. And. 4, 4, 50:
qui non leges, non instituta ... non jura noritis,Cic. Pis. 13, 30:
plerique neque in rebus humanis quidquam bonum norunt, nisi, etc.,id. Lael. 21, 79:
quam (virtutem) tu ne de facie quidem nosti,id. Pis. 32, 81; id. Fin. 2, 22, 71:
si ego hos bene novi,if I know them well, id. Rosc. Am. 20 fin.: si Caesarem bene novi, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, B, 2:
Lepidum pulchre noram,Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 1:
si tuos digitos novi,id. Att. 5, 21, 13:
res gestas de libris novisse,to have learned from books, Lact. 5, 19, 15:
nosse Graece, etc. (late Lat. for scire),Aug. Serm. 45, 5; 167, 40 al.:
ut ibi esses, ubi nec Pelopidarum—nosti cetera,Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 2; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 11.—
2 To examine, consider:
ad res suas noscendas,Liv. 10, 20:
imaginem,Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 29.—So esp., to take cognizance of as a judge:
quae olim a praetoribus noscebantur,Tac. A. 12, 60.—
II Transf., in the tempp. praes.
A In gen., to know, recognize (rare; perh. not in Cic.): hau nosco tuom, I know your (character, etc.), i. e. I know you no longer, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 44:
nosce imaginem,id. Ps. 4, 2, 29; id. Bacch. 4, 6, 19:
potesne ex his ut proprium quid noscere?Hor. S. 2, 7, 89; Tac. H. 1, 90.—
B In partic., to acknowledge, allow, admit of a reason or an excuse (in Cic.):
numquam amatoris meretricem oportet causam noscere, Quin, etc.,Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 18:
illam partem excusationis ... nec nosco, nec probo,Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 1; cf.:
quod te excusas: ego vero et tuas causas nosco, et, etc.,id. Att. 11, 7, 4:
atque vereor, ne istam causam nemo noscat,id. Leg. 1, 4, 11.—
III Transf. in tempp. perf.
A To be acquainted with, i. e. to practise, possess:
alia vitia non nosse,Sen. Q. N. 4 praef. § 9.—
B In mal. part., to know (in paronomasia), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 13; id. Pers. 1, 3, 51.—
IV (Eccl. Lat.) Of religious knowledge:
non noverant Dominum,Vulg. Judic. 2, 12; ib. 2 Thess. 1, 8:
Jesum novi, Paulum scio,I acknowledge, ib. Act. 19, 15.—Hence, nōtus, a, um, P. a., known.
A Lit.:
nisi rem tam notam esse omnibus et tam manifestam videres,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, 134:
ejusmodi res ita notas, ita testatas, ita manifestas proferam,id. ib. 2, 2, 34, §
85: fingi haec putatis, quae patent, quae nota sunt omnibus, quae tenentur?id. Mil. 28, 76:
noti atque insignes latrones,id. Phil. 11, 5, 10:
habere omnes philosophiae notos et tractatos locos,id. Or. 33, 118:
facere aliquid alicui notum,id. Fam. 5, 12, 7:
tua nobilitas hominibus litteratis est notior, populo obscurior,id. Mur. 7, 16:
nullus fuit civis Romanus paulo notior, quin, etc.,Caes. B. C. 2, 19:
vita P. Sullae vobis populoque Romano notissima,Cic. Sull. 26, 72:
nulli nota domus sua,Juv. 1, 7.—
(b) With gen. (poet.):
notus in fratres animi paterni,Hor. C. 2, 2, 6: noti operum Telchines. Stat. Th. 2, 274:
notusque fugarum, Vertit terga,Sil. 17, 148.—
(g) With subj.-clause:
notum est, cur, etc.,Juv. 2, 58.—
(d) With inf. (poet.):
Delius, Trojanos notus semper minuisse labores,Sil. 12, 331.—
2 In partic.
a Subst.: nōti, acquaintances, friends:
de dignitate M. Caelius notis ac majoribus natu ... respondet,Cic. Cael. 2, 3:
hi suos notos hospitesque quaerebant,Caes. B. C. 1, 74, 5; Hor. S. 1, 1, 85; Verg. Cir. 259.—
b In a bad sense, notorious:
notissimi latronum duces,Cic. Fam. 10, 14, 1:
integrae Temptator Orion Dianae,Hor. C. 3, 4, 70; Ov. M. 1, 198:
Clodia, mulier non solum nobilis sed etiam nota,Cic. Cael. 13, 31; cf. Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 15:
moechorum notissimus,Juv. 6, 42.—
B Transf., act., knowing, that knows: novi, notis praedicas, to those that know, Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 39.