scisco

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Latin

Etymology

From sciō (know) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

scīscō (present infinitive scīscere, perfect active scīvī, supine scītum); third conjugation

  1. (transitive) to seek to know; ask, search, inquire, question
    Synonyms: scīscitor, percontor, quaerō, investīgō, indāgō, requīrō, scrūtor, interrogō
  2. (of the people, after inquiry or examination, transitive) to accept, approve, assent to, vote for; appoint, enact, decree, ordain
    Synonyms: sanciō, probō, adnuō, cōnscīscō, approbō, assentiō
  3. (transitive) to learn, ascertain, determine, know
    Synonyms: agnōscō, cognōscō, inveniō, comperiō, sentiō, cōnsciō, sapiō, sciō, nōscō, intellegō, percipiō, discernō, tongeō, cernō, audiō
    Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō

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References

  • scisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to vote for a law: legem sciscere (Planc. 14. 35)