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percognosco

percognosco · v. a

to become perfectly acquainted with

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What it meant

per-cognosco — Lewis & Short

per-cognosco, nōvi, nĭtum, 3, v. a.,

I to become perfectly acquainted with: aliquem, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 50 (Speng. pergnovi).— Hence, percognĭtus, a, um, P. a., well known: lex naturae non ignota, etsi nondum percognita, Plin. 2, 45, 45, § 116: Germania, id. 4, 14, 28, § 98; 37, 3, 11, § 45.

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