D / dī-nosco
verb transitive

dī-nosco

2nd PP dī-noscere · conj. 3rd
(old form, —no
to know apart, to distinguish, discern
perf. nor sup.), ĕre, 3, v. a. dis, 2.; nosco, to know apart, to distinguish, discern one thing from another (perh. not ante-Aug.).
ab
With ab: vix ut dinosci possit a mastiche verā, Plin. 12, 17, 36, § 72. —
With abl.: civem dinoscere hoste, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 29: ut possem curvo dinoscere…
With abl.: civem dinoscere hoste, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 29: ut possem curvo dinoscere rectum, id. ib. 2, 2, 44: aera tinnitu, Quint. 11, 3, 31: vocem auribus, speciem oculis, id. ib. 18: aliquid sapore, Col. 2, 2, 20.—
accus
With accus.: suos et alienos, Col. 8, 5, 7: vera bona, Juv. 10, 2: veri speciem, Pers. 5, 105.—
rel. clause absol
With rel. clause: dinoscere Quid solidum crepet, etc., Pers. 5, 24.—(ε) Absol.: inter se similes, vix ut dinoscere possis, Ov. M. 13, 835; Suet. Oth. 12.