nosco

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin noscum, from Latin nōbiscum (“with us”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔs.ko/, [ˈn̺ɔs̪ko]
  • Rhymes: -ɔsko
  • Stress: nòsco
  • Hyphenation: no‧sco

Pronoun

nosco (poetic, archaic)

  1. with us
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XXII, lines 106–108, page 340:
      Euripide v'è nosco e Antifonte, ¶ Simonide, Agatone e altri piùe ¶ Greci che già di lauro ornar la fronte.
      Euripides is with us, Antiphon, ¶ Simonides, Agatho, and many other ¶ Greeks who of old their brows with laurel decked.
    • 1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., “Libro IV [Book 4]”, in Iliade [Iliad]‎, Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, page 85:
      […] chi primiero ¶ L'accordo vïolò, pasto vedrassi ¶ Di voraci avoltoi, mentre captive ¶ Le dilette lor mogli in un co' figli ¶ Noi nosco condurremo, Ilio distrutto.
      those who first broke the agreeement will be meal for hungry vultures, while we take with us their beloved wives and children, after destroying Troy.
  2. (by extension) among us
  3. (by extension) towards or against us
  4. (by extension) in our time

See also

References
  • nosco in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier gnōscō, from Proto-Italic *gnōskō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti.

Pronunciation

Verb

nōscō (present infinitive nōscere, perfect active nōvī, supine nōtum); third conjugation

  1. I know, recognize, am acquainted with, i.e.; in possession of knowledge.

Inflection
   Conjugation of nosco (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present nōscō nōscis nōscit nōscimus nōscitis nōscunt
imperfect nōscēbam nōscēbās nōscēbat nōscēbāmus nōscēbātis nōscēbant
future nōscam nōscēs nōscet nōscēmus nōscētis nōscent
perfect nōvī nōvistī, nōsti1 nōvit nōvimus nōvistis, nōstis1 nōvērunt, nōvēre
pluperfect nōveram nōverās nōverat nōverāmus nōverātis nōverant
future perfect nōverō nōveris nōverit nōverimus nōveritis nōverint
passive present nōscor nōsceris, nōscere nōscitur nōscimur nōsciminī nōscuntur
imperfect nōscēbar nōscēbāris, nōscēbāre nōscēbātur nōscēbāmur nōscēbāminī nōscēbantur
future nōscar nōscēris, nōscēre nōscētur nōscēmur nōscēminī nōscentur
perfect nōtus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect nōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect nōtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present nōscam nōscās nōscat nōscāmus nōscātis nōscant
imperfect nōscerem nōscerēs nōsceret nōscerēmus nōscerētis nōscerent
perfect nōverim nōverīs nōverit nōverimus nōveritis nōverint
pluperfect nōvissem, nōssem1 nōvissēs, nōsses1 nōvisset, nōsset1 nōvissēmus, nōssemus1 nōvissētis, nōssetis1 nōvissent, nōssent1
passive present nōscar nōscāris, nōscāre nōscātur nōscāmur nōscāminī nōscantur
imperfect nōscerer nōscerēris, nōscerēre nōscerētur nōscerēmur nōscerēminī nōscerentur
perfect nōtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect nōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — nōsce — — nōscite —
future — nōscitō nōscitō — nōscitōte nōscuntō
passive present — nōscere — — nōsciminī —
future — nōscitor nōscitor — — nōscuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives nōscere nōvisse, nōsse1 nōtūrus esse nōscī nōtus esse nōtum īrī
participles nōscēns — nōtūrus — nōtus nōscendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
nōscere nōscendī nōscendō nōscendum nōtum nōtū

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

Also in classical Latin are nōram for nōveram, nōrim for nōverim, nōmus for nōvimus, nōrunt for nōvērunt.

Derived terms

References
  • nosco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nosco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nosco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be acquainted with the history of one's own land: domestica (externa) nosse
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