agnosco

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aɡˈnoːs.koː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɲos.ko/,

Verb

agnōscō (present infinitive agnōscere, perfect active agnōvī, supine agnitum); third conjugation

to recognize, realize or discern, become acquainted with, know, perceive
Synonyms: cognōscō, inveniō, sentiō, cōnsciō, sapiō, sciō, nōscō, scīscō, intellegō, percipiō, discernō, tongeō, cernō, audiō

Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō
to acknowledge or claim
Synonym: fateor

Conjugation

Conjugation of agnōscō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	agnōscō	agnōscis	agnōscit	agnōscimus	agnōscitis	agnōscunt
	imperfect	agnōscēbam	agnōscēbās	agnōscēbat	agnōscēbāmus	agnōscēbātis	agnōscēbant
	future	agnōscam	agnōscēs	agnōscet	agnōscēmus	agnōscētis	agnōscent
	perfect	agnōvī	agnōvistī, agnōstī¹	agnōvit	agnōvimus, agnōmus¹	agnōvistis, agnōstis¹	agnōvērunt, agnōvēre, agnōrunt¹
	pluperfect	agnōveram, agnōram¹	agnōverās, agnōrās¹	agnōverat, agnōrat¹	agnōverāmus, agnōrāmus¹	agnōverātis, agnōrātis¹	agnōverant, agnōrant¹
	future perfect	agnōverō, agnōrō¹	agnōveris, agnōris¹	agnōverit, agnōrit¹	agnōverimus, agnōrimus¹	agnōveritis, agnōritis¹	agnōverint, agnōrint¹
passive	present	agnōscor	agnōsceris, agnōscere	agnōscitur	agnōscimur	agnōsciminī	agnōscuntur
	imperfect	agnōscēbar	agnōscēbāris, agnōscēbāre	agnōscēbātur	agnōscēbāmur	agnōscēbāminī	agnōscēbantur
	future	agnōscar	agnōscēris, agnōscēre	agnōscētur	agnōscēmur	agnōscēminī	agnōscentur
	perfect	agnitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	agnitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	agnitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	agnōscam	agnōscās	agnōscat	agnōscāmus	agnōscātis	agnōscant
imperfect	agnōscerem	agnōscerēs	agnōsceret	agnōscerēmus	agnōscerētis	agnōscerent
perfect	agnōverim, agnōrim¹	agnōverīs, agnōrīs¹	agnōverit, agnōrit¹	agnōverīmus, agnōrīmus¹	agnōverītis, agnōrītis¹	agnōverint, agnōrint¹
pluperfect	agnōvissem, agnōssem¹	agnōvissēs, agnōssēs¹	agnōvisset, agnōsset¹	agnōvissēmus, agnōssēmus¹	agnōvissētis, agnōssētis¹	agnōvissent, agnōssent¹
passive	present	agnōscar	agnōscāris, agnōscāre	agnōscātur	agnōscāmur	agnōscāminī	agnōscantur
imperfect	agnōscerer	agnōscerēris, agnōscerēre	agnōscerētur	agnōscerēmur	agnōscerēminī	agnōscerentur
perfect	agnitus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	agnitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	agnōsce	—	—	agnōscite	—
active	future	—	agnōscitō	agnōscitō	—	agnōscitōte	agnōscuntō
passive	present	—	agnōscere	—	—	agnōsciminī	—
passive	future	—	agnōscitor	agnōscitor	—	—	agnōscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		agnōscere	agnōvisse, agnōsse¹	agnitūrum esse	agnōscī	agnitum esse	agnitum īrī
participles		agnōscēns	—	agnitūrus	—	agnitus	agnōscendus, agnōscundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		agnōscendī	agnōscendō	agnōscendum	agnōscendō	agnitum	agnitū

¹The verb "nōscō" and its compounds frequently drop the syllables "vi" and "ve" from their perfect, pluperfect and future perfect conjugations.

Note: sometimes agnōtus, agnōtūrus

References

“agnosco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“agnosco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
agnosco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.