verb transitive

inter-nosco

2nd PP inter-noscere · 3rd PP internōvi · 4th PP internōtum · conj. 3rd

to distinguish between; to tell apart; to discern ••

to distinguish between, to tell apart, to discern, distinguish (class.): fortuna dignum atque indignum nequit internoscere, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 371 Rib.): gemini duo, ita forma simili, uti mater sua non internosse posset, Plaut. Men. prol. 20: mater geminos internoscit, Cic. Ac. 2, 18: secerni blandus amicus a vero et internosci potest, id. Lael. 25: internosci a falsis non possunt, id. Ac. 2, 7 fin.: ut internoscat, visa vera illa sint, anne falsa, id. ib. 2, 15 fin.

Perseus ID: n24373 Key: internosco