The corpus record — Latin

recognitio

recognitio · f

A recognition

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Where it lives

De Spectaculis 2 · 3.14/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 1 · 1.2/10k
Apologeticum 2 · 1/10k
Ad Nationes 1 · 0.67/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 42 1 · 0.6/10k
De Ira 1 · 0.45/10k
Noctes Atticae 2 · 0.18/10k
De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

rĕcognĭtĭo — Lewis & Short

rĕcognĭtĭo, ōnis, f.recognosco, II..

I A recognition: inter se mutua, Gell. 5, 14 in lemm. —

II A reviewing, investigation, examination (August.): frequens, Col. 11, 1, 21: equitum, a review, Suet. Claud. 16: certi dies ad recognitionem mutuam nundinis dantur, for mutual inspection, Plin. 11, 30, 36, § 109: sui, self-examination, Sen. Ira, 3, 36, 2: per recognitionem Postumii consulis magna pars agri Campani recuperata in publicum erat, Liv. 42, 19 (in Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 119, the correct read. is recordatio).

In the wild

recognitionem Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.30
recognitionem Livy, Ab urbe condita 4.42.19.1
recognitione Suetonius, Divus Claudius 16.1
recognitio Tertullian, De Spectaculis 12.1
recognitio Tertullian, De Spectaculis 29.1
recognitionem Tertullian, De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 33

6 of 14 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

Latin text and lemmatization derived from the Perseus Digital Library (canonical-latinLit), CC BY-SA 4.0. Lewis & Short (public domain) via Perseus. This derived data is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 license.