cognosco

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Italian

Verb

cognosco

  1. (obsolete) first-person singular present indicative of cognoscere

Latin

Etymology

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From con- (“with”) +‎ (g)nōscō (“know”).

Pronunciation

Verb

cognōscō (present infinitive cognōscere, perfect active cognōvī, supine cognitum); third conjugation

  1. I learn, get to know
  2. I am acquainted (with), I recognize
  3. (in perfect tense) I know

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cognōscō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cognōscō cognōscis cognōscit cognōscimus cognōscitis cognōscunt
imperfect cognōscēbam cognōscēbās cognōscēbat cognōscēbāmus cognōscēbātis cognōscēbant
future cognōscam cognōscēs cognōscet cognōscēmus cognōscētis cognōscent
perfect cognōvī cognōvistī,
cognōstī2 		cognōvit,
cognōt2 		cognōvimus,
cognōmus2 		cognōvistis,
cognōstis2 		cognōvērunt,
cognōvēre,
cognōrunt2
pluperfect cognōveram,
cognōram2 		cognōverās,
cognōrās2 		cognōverat,
cognōrat2 		cognōverāmus,
cognōrāmus2 		cognōverātis,
cognōrātis2 		cognōverant,
cognōrant2
future perfect cognōverō,
cognōrō2 		cognōveris,
cognōris2 		cognōverit,
cognōrit2 		cognōverimus,
cognōrimus2 		cognōveritis,
cognōritis2 		cognōverint,
cognōrint2
passive present cognōscor cognōsceris,
cognōscere 		cognōscitur cognōscimur cognōsciminī cognōscuntur
imperfect cognōscēbar cognōscēbāris,
cognōscēbāre 		cognōscēbātur cognōscēbāmur cognōscēbāminī cognōscēbantur
future cognōscar cognōscēris,
cognōscēre 		cognōscētur cognōscēmur cognōscēminī cognōscentur
perfect cognitus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cognitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cognitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cognōscam cognōscās cognōscat cognōscāmus cognōscātis cognōscant
imperfect cognōscerem cognōscerēs cognōsceret cognōscerēmus cognōscerētis cognōscerent
perfect cognōverim,
cognōrim2 		cognōverīs,
cognōrīs2 		cognōverit,
cognōrit2 		cognōverīmus,
cognōrīmus2 		cognōverītis,
cognōrītis2 		cognōverint,
cognōrint2
pluperfect cognōvissem,
cognōssem2 		cognōvissēs,
cognōssēs2 		cognōvisset,
cognōsset2 		cognōvissēmus,
cognōssēmus2 		cognōvissētis,
cognōssētis2 		cognōvissent,
cognōssent2
passive present cognōscar cognōscāris,
cognōscāre 		cognōscātur cognōscāmur cognōscāminī cognōscantur
imperfect cognōscerer cognōscerēris,
cognōscerēre 		cognōscerētur cognōscerēmur cognōscerēminī cognōscerentur
perfect cognitus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cognitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — cognōsce — — cognōscite —
future — cognōscitō cognōscitō — cognōscitōte cognōscuntō
passive present — cognōscere — — cognōsciminī —
future — cognōscitor cognōscitor — — cognōscuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cognōscere cognōvisse,
cognōsse2 		cognitūrum esse cognōscī cognitum esse cognitum īrī
participles cognōscēns — cognitūrus — cognitus cognōscendus,
cognōscundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cognōscendī cognōscendō cognōscendum cognōscendō cognitum cognitū

1The verb "nōscō" and its compounds frequently drop the syllables "vi" and "ve" from their perfect, pluperfect and future perfect conjugations.
2At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “cognosco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cognosco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cognosco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to study Plato: Platonem legere et cognoscere
    • to hold an inquiry into a matter: aliquid, causam cognoscere
  • cognosco in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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