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Eodem die ab exploratoribus certior factus hostes sub monte consedisse milia passuum ab ipsius castris octo, qualis esset natura montis et qualis in circuitu ascensus qui cognoscerent misit.
Having been informed by explorers that the enemy had sat down at the feet of a mount about eight thousand paces away from his camp, he sent men to know what the mount was like and what was its ascent.
Et cognovi quod non esset melius nisi laetari et facere bene in vita sua. Omnis enim homo qui comedit et bibit et videt bonum de labore suo: hoc donum Dei est.
And I learned that there's nothing better than to be happy and do good in one's life. Every person who eats and drinks and sees the fruit of work: this is God's gift.
“cognosco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
cognosco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
to study Plato: Platonem legere et cognoscere
to hold an inquiry into a matter: aliquid, causam cognoscere
cognosco in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
cognosco in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication