dinosco

dī-nosco (old form, dīgnosco —no perf. nor sup. ), ĕre, 3, v. a. [dis, 2.; nosco], to know apart, to distinguish, discern one thing from another (perh. not ante-Aug.).

(α).

With ab:

vix ut dinosci possit a mastiche verā,

Plin. 12, 17, 36, § 72. —

(β).

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.—

(γ).

With accus.:

suos et alienos,

Col. 8, 5, 7:

vera bona,

Juv. 10, 2:

veri speciem,

Pers. 5, 105.—

(δ).

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.