cognosco

Italian

Verb

cognosco

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

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /koɡˈnoːs.koː/, [kɔŋˈnoːs.koː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈɲos.ko/, [koɲˈɲos.ko]

Verb

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

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

Inflection
   Conjugation of cognosco (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, cognōsti1 cognōvit cognōvimus cognōvistis, cognōstis1 cognōvērunt, cognōvēre
pluperfect cognōveram cognōverās cognōverat cognōverāmus cognōverātis cognōverant
future perfect cognōverō cognōveris cognōverit cognōverimus cognōveritis cognōverint
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 cognōverīs cognōverit cognōverimus cognōveritis cognōverint
pluperfect cognōvissem, cognōssem1 cognōvissēs, cognōsses1 cognōvisset, cognōsset1 cognōvissēmus, cognōssemus1 cognōvissētis, cognōssetis1 cognōvissent, cognōssent1
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, cognōsse1 cognitūrus esse cognōscī cognitus esse cognitum īrī
participles cognōscēns — cognitūrus — cognitus cognōscendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
cognōscere cognōscendī cognōscendō cognōscendum cognitum cognitū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old French: conoistre
  • Old Portuguese: connocer
  • Old Spanish: connoçer
  • Old Occitan: conoixer
  • Picard: connoéte
  • Portuguese: conhecer
  • Romanian: cunoaște, cunoaștere
  • Romansh: enconuscher, conuscher, canuscher, canoscher, cugnuoscher
  • Sardinian: connòschere, connosci, connòsciri, connòssere
  • Scots: cognosce
  • Sicilian: cunùsciri, canùsciri
  • Spanish: conocer
  • Venetian: conoser, conosar, cognósar
  • Walloon: kinoxhe, conoxhe, cnoxhe

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, 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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