rĕ-cognosco — Lewis & Short
rĕ-cognosco, gnōvi, gnĭtum, 3, v. a.
I To know again, recollect, recall to mind, recognize, i. q. recordor (class.;
esp. freq. in Cic.): se non tum illa discere, sed reminiscendo recognoscere,Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57 (just before, recordari); cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32:
fugam et furtum,id. ib. 2, 2, 6, §
18: ea, quae scit, mecum recognoscere,id. ib. 1, 5, 15; cf. id. Cat. 1, 3, 6:
noctem illam superiorem mecum recognosce,id. ib. 1, 4, 8; Liv. 44, 38:
cum te penitus recognovi, timere desino,Cic. Deiot. 2, 4; cf.:
personas quasdam,id. Mil. 6, 6: in quibus (litteris) mirificum tuum erga me amorem recognovi, Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 1; so,
res (suas),Liv. 5, 16:
spatia certaminum,Tac. H. 2, 70:
dona templorum,id. Agr. 6:
cuncta loca,Ov. M. 11, 62:
sacra eruta annalibus,id. F. 1, 7; cf.:
ille se imperatorem cognosceret,feel himself, Capitol. Gord. 30. —
II To look over, review, investigate, examine, inspect, i. q. recenseo (so most freq. since the Aug. per.):
quoniam non recognoscimus nunc leges populi Romani sed aut repetimus ereptas aut novas scribimus,Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 37:
socios navales,Liv. 42, 31; cf. Front. Strat. 4, 6, 3:
peregrinos,Just. 43, 4, 11:
equitum turmas,Suet. Aug. 37; 38; id. Tib. 61; Just. 43, 4, 11:
agros,Liv. 42, 8, 9: ergastula, Suet. Aug. 32:
supellectilem Darei et omnem pecuniam,Curt. 5, 1, 23:
mancipia ergastuli,Col. 1, 8, 16:
instrumentum rusticum,id. 11, 1, 20:
numerum (gregis, militum),id. 8, 11, 2; Just. 3, 1, 7:
praedam,id. 11, 14, 8:
sigillum,App. M. 10, p. 243, 8.— Poet.: (Caesar triumphans) Dona recognoscit populorum, surveys, * Verg. A. 8, 721. —
B In partic., to examine a writing in respect to its genuineness and value; to certify, authenticate:
tabulas in foro summā hominum frequentiā exscribo ... Haec omnia summā curā et diligentiā recognita et collata et ab hominibus honestissimis obsignata sunt,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190; cf.:
decretum Pompeii,id. Balb. 5, 11:
codicem,id. Vatin. 2, 5:
descriptum et recognitum,Dig. 10, 2, 5; Inscr. Grut. 214; 573:
libellos recognoscere et emendare,to revise and correct, Plin. Ep. 4, 26, 1.