noun
rĕcognĭtĭo
Meaning
- A recognition
rĕcognĭtĭo, ōnis, f. recognosco, II..
I. A recognition:
inter se mutua, Gell. 5, 14 in lemm. — II. A reviewing, investigation, examination (August.):
frequens, Col. 11, 1, 21: equitum, a review, Suet. Claud. 16: certi dies ad recognitionem mutuam nundinis dantur, for mutual inspection, Plin. 11, 30, 36, § 109: sui, self-examination, Sen. Ira, 3, 36, 2: per recognitionem Postumii consulis magna pars agri Campani recuperata in publicum erat, Liv. 42, 19 (in Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 119, the correct read. is recordatio).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
re-cōgnitiō ōnis, f
a reviewing, investigation, examination: consulis, L.
In English words that came into English from rĕcognĭtĭo
- recognitionrecognitiōnem