gnosco

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Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

gnōscō (present infinitive gnōscere, perfect active gnōvī, supine gnōtum); third conjugation

  1. Alternative form of nōscō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of gnōscō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present gnōscō gnōscis gnōscit gnōscimus gnōscitis gnōscunt
imperfect gnōscēbam gnōscēbās gnōscēbat gnōscēbāmus gnōscēbātis gnōscēbant
future gnōscam gnōscēs gnōscet gnōscēmus gnōscētis gnōscent
perfect gnōvī gnōvistī,
gnōstī1 		gnōvit gnōvimus,
gnōmus1 		gnōvistis,
gnōstis1 		gnōvērunt,
gnōvēre,
gnōrunt1
pluperfect gnōveram,
gnōram1 		gnōverās,
gnōrās1 		gnōverat,
gnōrat1 		gnōverāmus,
gnōrāmus1 		gnōverātis,
gnōrātis1 		gnōverant,
gnōrant1
future perfect gnōverō,
gnōrō1 		gnōveris,
gnōris1 		gnōverit,
gnōrit1 		gnōverimus,
gnōrimus1 		gnōveritis,
gnōritis1 		gnōverint,
gnōrint1
passive present gnōscor gnōsceris,
gnōscere 		gnōscitur gnōscimur gnōsciminī gnōscuntur
imperfect gnōscēbar gnōscēbāris,
gnōscēbāre 		gnōscēbātur gnōscēbāmur gnōscēbāminī gnōscēbantur
future gnōscar gnōscēris,
gnōscēre 		gnōscētur gnōscēmur gnōscēminī gnōscentur
perfect gnōtus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect gnōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect gnōtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present gnōscam gnōscās gnōscat gnōscāmus gnōscātis gnōscant
imperfect gnōscerem gnōscerēs gnōsceret gnōscerēmus gnōscerētis gnōscerent
perfect gnōverim,
gnōrim1 		gnōverīs,
gnōrīs1 		gnōverit,
gnōrit1 		gnōverīmus,
gnōrīmus1 		gnōverītis,
gnōrītis1 		gnōverint,
gnōrint1
pluperfect gnōvissem,
gnōssem1 		gnōvissēs,
gnōssēs1 		gnōvisset,
gnōsset1 		gnōvissēmus,
gnōssēmus1 		gnōvissētis,
gnōssētis1 		gnōvissent,
gnōssent1
passive present gnōscar gnōscāris,
gnōscāre 		gnōscātur gnōscāmur gnōscāminī gnōscantur
imperfect gnōscerer gnōscerēris,
gnōscerēre 		gnōscerētur gnōscerēmur gnōscerēminī gnōscerentur
perfect gnōtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect gnōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — gnōsce — — gnōscite —
future — gnōscitō gnōscitō — gnōscitōte gnōscuntō
passive present — gnōscere — — gnōsciminī —
future — gnōscitor gnōscitor — — gnōscuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives gnōscere gnōvisse,
gnōsse1 		gnōtūrum esse gnōscī gnōtum esse gnōtum īrī
participles gnōscēns — gnōtūrus — gnōtus gnōscendus,
gnōscundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
gnōscendī gnōscendō gnōscendum gnōscendō gnōtum gnōtū

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

References

  • “gnosco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gnosco in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • gnosco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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