cognoscens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of cognōscō.

Participle

cognōscēns (genitive cognōscentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. knowing
2. recognizing
3. witnessing
4. acquainted (with)
5. aware (of)

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	cognōscēns			cognōscentēs	cognōscentia
Genitive	cognōscentis			cognōscentium
Dative	cognōscentī			cognōscentibus
Accusative	cognōscentem	cognōscēns		cognōscentēs cognōscentīs	cognōscentia
Ablative	cognōscente cognōscentī1			cognōscentibus
Vocative	cognōscēns			cognōscentēs	cognōscentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Catalan: coneixent, coneixença
• English: cognoscente
• French: connaissant, connaissance
• Italian: conoscente, conoscenza
• Romanian: cunoștințe, cunoștință

References

• “cognoscens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cognoscens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.