cognitio

Latin

Etymology

From cognitus, perfect passive participle of cognōscō (learn, know).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /koɡˈni.ti.oː/, [kɔŋˈnɪ.ti.oː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈɲi.t͡si.o/, [koɲˈɲiː.t͡si.o]

Noun

cognitiō f (genitive cognitiōnis); third declension

  1. examination, inquiry, investigation
  2. learning, study (acquisition of knowledge)
  3. knowledge

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cognitiō cognitiōnēs
Genitive cognitiōnis cognitiōnum
Dative cognitiōnī cognitiōnibus
Accusative cognitiōnem cognitiōnēs
Ablative cognitiōne cognitiōnibus
Vocative cognitiō cognitiōnēs

Descendants

See also

References
  • cognitio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cognitio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cognitio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • cognitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be well-informed, erudite: multarum rerum cognitione imbutum esse (opp. litterarum or eruditionis expertem esse or [rerum] rudem esse)
    • to have innate ideas of the Godhead; to believe in the Deity by intuition: insitas (innatas) dei cognitiones habere (N. D. 1. 17. 44)
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