noun · femininethird declension
agnitiō
agnitiō f (genitive agnitiōnis)
Classical[aŋˈnɪ.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[aɲˈɲit.t͡si.o]
Meaning
- recognition, acknowledgement, admission, acceptance
- knowing, perceiving
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | agnitiō | agnitiōnēs |
| genitive | agnitiōnis | agnitiōnum |
| dative | agnitiōnī | agnitiōnibus |
| accusative | agnitiōnem | agnitiōnēs |
| ablative | agnitiōne | agnitiōnibus |
| vocative | agnitiō | agnitiōnēs |
agnĭtĭo, ōnis, f. agnosco.
I. A recognition, acknowledgment, admission, acceptance:
admissio: bonorum possessionis, Dig. 38, 15, 5 (cf. agnosco, II.); a recognizing: cadaveris, Plin. 10, 70, 90, § 194: nullus interesset alienus agnitioni mutuae, Vulg. Gen. 45, 1.—II. A knowing, perceiving, apprehending, knowledge, in gen.: ad agnitionem animi, for the knowledge of the nature of mind, * Cic. N. D. 1, 1 Creuz:
ut impleamini agnitione, Vulg. Col. 1, 9; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 8; Cassian. Incarn. 4, 2; Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 155.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
āgnitiō ōnis, f
agnosco, a knowing, knowledge: animi.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinagnitiō
Latin gnōscō Latin nōscō Latin agnoscō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin agnitiō From agnoscō (“to understand, recognize, know, perceive”) + -tiō.
Descendants
- Englishagnition
- Italianagnizione
- Portugueseagnição