nosco

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Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin noscum, from Latin nōbiscum (“with us”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔs.ko/, [ˈn̺ɔs̪ko]
  • Rhymes: -ɔsko
  • Hyphenation: nò‧sco

Pronoun

nosco (poetic, archaic)

  1. with us
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XXII, page 340, lines 106–108:
      Euripide v'è nosco e Antifonte, ¶ Simonide, Agatone e altri piùe ¶ Greci che già di lauro ornar la fronte.
      Euripides is with us, Antiphon, ¶ Simonides, Agatho, and many other ¶ Greeks who of old their brows with laurel decked.
    • 1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., “Libro IV [Book 4]”, in Iliade [Iliad]‎[1], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, page 85:
      […] chi primiero ¶ L'accordo vïolò, pasto vedrassi ¶ Di voraci avoltoi, mentre captive ¶ Le dilette lor mogli in un co' figli ¶ Noi nosco condurremo, Ilio distrutto.
      those who first broke the agreeement will be meal for hungry vultures, while we take with us their beloved wives and children, after destroying Troy.
  2. (by extension) among us
  3. (by extension) towards or against us
  4. (by extension) in our time

See also

References

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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From earlier gnōscō, from Proto-Italic *gnōskō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti.

Pronunciation

Verb

nōscō (present infinitive nōscere, perfect active nōvī, supine nōtum); third conjugation

  1. I know, recognize, am acquainted with, i.e.; in possession of knowledge.

Conjugation

  • Also in classical Latin are nōram for nōveram, nōrim for nōverim, nōmus for nōvimus, nōrunt for nōvērunt.
   Conjugation of nōscō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present nōscō nōscis nōscit nōscimus nōscitis nōscunt
imperfect nōscēbam nōscēbās nōscēbat nōscēbāmus nōscēbātis nōscēbant
future nōscam nōscēs nōscet nōscēmus nōscētis nōscent
perfect nōvī nōvistī,
nōstī2 		nōvit,
nōt2 		nōvimus,
nōmus2 		nōvistis,
nōstis2 		nōvērunt,
nōvēre,
nōrunt2
pluperfect nōveram,
nōram2 		nōverās,
nōrās2 		nōverat,
nōrat2 		nōverāmus,
nōrāmus2 		nōverātis,
nōrātis2 		nōverant,
nōrant2
future perfect nōverō,
nōrō2 		nōveris,
nōris2 		nōverit,
nōrit2 		nōverimus,
nōrimus2 		nōveritis,
nōritis2 		nōverint,
nōrint2
passive present nōscor nōsceris,
nōscere 		nōscitur nōscimur nōsciminī nōscuntur
imperfect nōscēbar nōscēbāris,
nōscēbāre 		nōscēbātur nōscēbāmur nōscēbāminī nōscēbantur
future nōscar nōscēris,
nōscēre 		nōscētur nōscēmur nōscēminī nōscentur
perfect nōtus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect nōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect nōtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present nōscam nōscās nōscat nōscāmus nōscātis nōscant
imperfect nōscerem nōscerēs nōsceret nōscerēmus nōscerētis nōscerent
perfect nōverim,
nōrim2 		nōverīs,
nōrīs2 		nōverit,
nōrit2 		nōverīmus,
nōrīmus2 		nōverītis,
nōrītis2 		nōverint,
nōrint2
pluperfect nōvissem,
nōssem2 		nōvissēs,
nōssēs2 		nōvisset,
nōsset2 		nōvissēmus,
nōssēmus2 		nōvissētis,
nōssētis2 		nōvissent,
nōssent2
passive present nōscar nōscāris,
nōscāre 		nōscātur nōscāmur nōscāminī nōscantur
imperfect nōscerer nōscerēris,
nōscerēre 		nōscerētur nōscerēmur nōscerēminī nōscerentur
perfect nōtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect nōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — nōsce — — nōscite —
future — nōscitō nōscitō — nōscitōte nōscuntō
passive present — nōscere — — nōsciminī —
future — nōscitor nōscitor — — nōscuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives nōscere nōvisse,
nōsse2 		nōtūrum esse nōscī nōtum esse nōtum īrī
participles nōscēns — nōtūrus — nōtus nōscendus,
nōscundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
nōscendī nōscendō nōscendum nōscendō nōtum nōtū

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

References

  • “nosco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nosco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nosco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be acquainted with the history of one's own land: domestica (externa) nosse
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