callĕo

callĕo, ēre, v. n. and a. [callum].

Lit., to be callous, to be thickskinned (rare):

plagis costae callent,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 4; Caecil. ap. Non. p. 258, 10:

callent rure manus,

Auct. Aetn. 260; Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 211.—

Trop.

To be hardened, insensible, unfeeling: in illis rebus exercitatus animus callere jam debet atque omnia minoris existimare, Serv. Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 2; cf. callisco.—

To be practised, to be wise by experience, to be skilful, versed in; in a pun on the literal sense A. supra:

callum aprugnum callere aeque non sinam,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 2; cf. id. ib. v. 1; so id. Pers. 2, 5, 4:

omnes homines ad suum quaestum callent,

id. Truc. 5, 40 (cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 62: callidus ad quaestum); Amm. 15, 2, 4: melius quam viri callent mulieres, Att. ap. Non. p. 257, 31 (Trag. Rel. v. 28 Rib.):

satin' astu et fallendo callet?

id. ib. p. 258, 6 (Trag. Rel. v. 475 ib.):

quod periti sumus in vitā atque usu callemus magis,

id. ib. 258, 5:

si in re navali, cujus esset ignarus, offendisset, eo plus in ea, quorum usu calleret, spei nactus,

Liv. 35, 26, 10:

cottidiano usu ejus (negotii) callebant,

Val. Max. 8, 12, 1; Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 91; 9, 29, 46, § 86:

augurandi studio Galli praeter caeteros callent,

Just. 24, 4, 3: arte, Ser. ap. Non. p. 258, 2; Sol. 8:

bellis callere,

by military experience, Sil. 6, 90 sq.: fidibus, App. Flor. n. 18.—

Act., to know by experience or practice, to know, have the knowledge of, understand (freq., esp. in the poets;

in Cic. very rare): memini et scio et calleo et commemini,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 8; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 52; id. Poen. 3, 1, 71:

cuncta perdocte callet,

id. Most. 1, 3, 122:

alicujus sensum,

Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 17: istaec malitiosa non tam calleo, Afran. ap. Non. p. 482, 10 (Com. Rel. v. 124 Rib.):

in colubras callet cantiunculam,

Pompon. ib. 482, 9 (Com. Rel. v. 118 ib.):

jura,

Cic. Balb. 14, 32; Gell. 16, 10, 3:

urbanas rusticasque res pariter,

Liv. 39, 40, 4:

artem,

Tac. A. 13, 3:

legitimum sonum digitis callemus et aure,

Hor. A. P. 274 al. —

With inf. as object: multaque de rerum mixturā dicere callent, * Lucr. 2, 978; Hor. C. 4, 9, 49; Juv. 4, 142; Pers. 5, 105.—

With acc. and inf.: quem Marcellini consiliarium fuisse callebant, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 258, 8.—

With rel.-clause:

quo pacto id fieri soleat, calleo,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 37.—Hence, callens, entis, P. a., acquainted with, versed in, skilful, expert (very rare):

qui sunt vaticinandi callentes,

Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 182:

utriusque linguae,

Gell. 17, 5, 3:

bellandi,

Amm. 16, 12, 32.—

* Adv.: callenter, skilfully, cunningly; for the class. callide, App. M. 4, p. 150, 3.

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con-callesco, callui, 3, v. inch. [calleo]; lit., to become hard or callous; hence, trop., *

Of the intellect, to become shrewd, practised (cf. calleo, I.):

callidos eos appello, quorum, tamquam manus opere, sic animus usu concalluit,

Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25.—

Of the feelings, to become insensible, obtuse: locus ille animi nostri, stomachus ubi habitabat olim, concalluit, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10.

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callĭdus, a, um, adj. [calleo], that is taught wisdom by experience and practice, shrewd, expert, experienced, adroit, skilful:

versutos eos appello, quorum celeriter mens versatur: callidos autem, quorum, tamquam manus opere, sic animus usu concalluit,

Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25.

Ingenious, prudent, dexterous, skilful.

In gen. (class.):

ad suum quaestum, callidus,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 34; id. Truc. 2, 4, 62 (cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 40: omnes homines ad suum quaestum callent); id. Ps. 2, 4, 35; id. Ep. 3, 3, 47; id. Poen. 1, 2, 25: callida Musa, Calliope, * Lucr. 6, 93:

ego ut agitator callidus, priusquam ad fidem veniam, equos sustinebo,

Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94:

natura nihil potest esse callidius,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

Demosthene nec gravior exstitit quisquam nec callidior, nec temperatior,

id. Or. 7, 23:

juvenis parum callidus,

Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 11:

in disputando,

Quint. 12, 2, 14.—In reference to art, excelling in art, skilful, Hor. S. 2, 3, 23 Heind.; 2, 7, 101; id. Ep. 1, 10, 26. —

Particular constructions.

With gen.:

rei rusticae,

Col. 2, 2, 1:

rerum naturae,

id. 7, 3, 12:

rei militaris,

Tac. H. 2, 32:

temporum,

id. A. 4, 33.—

With abl.:

juncturā callidus acri,

Pers. 5, 14.—

In the Greek manner, with inf.:

callidus Condere furto,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 7; cf.:

tuque testudo resonare septem Callida nervis,

id. ib. 3, 11, 4; Pers. 1, 118.—

Meton., of things: foramina callidissimo artificio naturā fabricata, very well contrived or wrought, Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 47:

inventum,

Nep. Eum. 5, 4:

junctura,

Hor. A. P. 47.—

Crafty, cunning, artful, sly.

Of persons (class.):

itaque me malum esse oportet, callidum, astutum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 112:

malum crudumque et callidum atque subdolum,

id. Poen. 5, 2, 148; id. Pers. 4, 4, 70; id. Cist. 4, 2, 61:

ego hominem callidiorem vidi neminem,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 1; id. And. 1, 2, 27; id. Eun. 5, 6, 10; Petr. 4, 2, 1:

hi saepe versutos homines et callidos admirantes, malitiam sapientiam judicant,

Cic. Off. 2, 3, 10 Beier; id. Caecin. 19, 55; cf. id. Off. 3, 13, 57; Quint. 6, 3, 96:

homo luteus etiam callidus ac veterator esse vult,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 35:

gens non astuta nec callida,

Tac. G. 22:

ad fraudem callidi,

Cic. Clu. 65, 183; cf. Plaut. As. 2, 1, 9:

in disputando mire callidos,

Quint. 12, 2, 14:

amici accendendis offensionibus callidi,

Tac. A. 2, 57.—

Meton., of things:

doli,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 4:

consilium,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 10:

audacia,

Cic. Clu. 65, 183:

callida et malitiosa juris interpretatio,

id. Off. 1, 10, 33:

liberalitas,

crafty, calculating, Nep. Att. 11, 3:

malitia inimici,

Liv. 38, 44, 1:

cunctatio,

Suet. Tib. 24:

saevitia,

id. Dom. 11.—

Trop.:

merx, of a woman,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 61.—Hence, adv.: callĭdē (in both signiff. of the adj. freq. and class.).

Skilfully, shrewdly, expertly, etc.:

callide nosse aliquem,

well, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 82:

intellegere,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 30:

callide arguteque dicere,

Cic. Or. 28, 98:

dicere,

id. de Or. 1, 20, 93:

callide et perite versari,

id. ib. 1, 11, 48:

sine quo nihil satis caute, nihil satis callide agi posset,

id. Caecin. 5, 15 al. — Comp., Tac. A. 6, [p. 271] 37.— Sup., Nep. Them. 1 fin. —

Cunningly, craflily, etc.:

callide et facete exordiri rem,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 7:

accedere,

Cic. Fl. 10, 22:

occultare vitia sua,

Sall. J. 15, 3:

callide et cum astu confiteri aliquid,

Gell. 12, 12, 1.

com-mĕmĭni ( conm-), isse, v. defect., to recollect a thing in all its particulars, to remember (in Plaut. several times; elsewh. rare).

With acc.:

hoc conmemini magis, quia, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 98; so id. Curc. 4, 2, 7; id. Mil. 3, 3, 39; id. Poen. 3, 4, 16.—With acc. of quantity:

aliquid,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 25; cf.

also: quem hominem probe commeminisse se aiebat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227; and:

ego autem non commemini antequam sum natus, me miserum,

id. Tusc. 1, 6, 13.—

With inf. pres.:

non conmemini dicere,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 32; so id. Mil. 3, 1, 49; id. Men. 5, 9, 15. —

With rel.-clause, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 4.—

With gen.:

conmeminit domi,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 20.—

Absol.:

memini et scio et calleo et conmemini,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 8; id. Truc. 1, 2, 19; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 16; id. Phorm. 3, 2, 38; Ov. F. 3, 792.—

In speech, to recall to mind, mention (late Lat.):

Plato complurium Socratis sectatorum in sermonibus, quos scripsit, commeminit,

Gell. 14, 3, 2.

com-mĕmĭni ( conm-), isse, v. defect., to recollect a thing in all its particulars, to remember (in Plaut. several times; elsewh. rare).

With acc.:

hoc conmemini magis, quia, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 98; so id. Curc. 4, 2, 7; id. Mil. 3, 3, 39; id. Poen. 3, 4, 16.—With acc. of quantity:

aliquid,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 25; cf.

also: quem hominem probe commeminisse se aiebat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227; and:

ego autem non commemini antequam sum natus, me miserum,

id. Tusc. 1, 6, 13.—

With inf. pres.:

non conmemini dicere,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 32; so id. Mil. 3, 1, 49; id. Men. 5, 9, 15. —

With rel.-clause, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 4.—

With gen.:

conmeminit domi,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 20.—

Absol.:

memini et scio et calleo et conmemini,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 8; id. Truc. 1, 2, 19; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 16; id. Phorm. 3, 2, 38; Ov. F. 3, 792.—

In speech, to recall to mind, mention (late Lat.):

Plato complurium Socratis sectatorum in sermonibus, quos scripsit, commeminit,

Gell. 14, 3, 2.

disco, dĭdĭci, 3 ( part. fut.: sic disciturum, etc., App. ap. Prisc. p. 887 P.), v. a. [from the root da-, Gr. dedaôs, daênai; dak-, cf. doceo, doctus, Gr. didaskô], to learn, to learn to know, to become acquainted with, etc. (for syn. cf.: capio, percipio, concipio, comprehendo, intellego, cognosco, nosco, agnosco, animadverto, calleo, scio—very freq. in all periods and sorts of writing).

With acc.:

litteras Graecas senex didici,

Cic. de Sen. 8, 26; id. Tusc. 1, 13, 29: so,

litteras,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 22:

jus civile,

id. Mur. 9, 19; 10, 23:

litteras apud aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 9, 10, 2:

dialectica ab aliquo,

id. Ac. 2, 30, 98:

artem ab aliquo,

Quint. 3, 1, 10 et saep.:

aliquid de aliquo,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 31:

virtutem ex me, fortunam ex aliis,

Verg. A. 12, 435; cf. Quint. 12, 8, 6 al.:

fabularum similia,

Cic. Rep. 1, 36:

artes,

id. ib. 2, 21:

palaestram,

Quint. 5, 10, 121:

affectum,

id. 1, 11, 2:

inde vocabula prima,

Lucr. 5, 1042:

elementa prima,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 26:

dulces querelas,

Lucr. 5, 1384; cf.

preces,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 133 et saep.:

me peritus Discet Iber,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 20; cf.:

quem (Augustum) didicere Vindelici,

id. ib. 4, 14, 8:

omnes crimine ab uno,

Verg. A. 2, 66 et saep.— Pass.:

dum est, unde jus civile discatur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45; cf.

jus,

Quint. 12, 3, 9:

Crassus, quod disci potuit de jure didicit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 143:

tot artibus discendis,

Quint. 12, 11, 9 et saep.—

With inf. or acc. and inf.:

pueri qui nare discunt,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 9:

rapere et clepere,

Cic. Rep. 4, 5 (ap. Non. 20, 15):

Latine loqui,

Sall. J. 101, 6:

nobis ignoscere,

Quint. 11, 2, 45:

assem in partes diducere,

Hor. A. P. 326:

bene ferre magnam fortunam,

id. C. 3, 27, 75 et saep.:

bene ubi quod consilium discimus accidisse, etc.,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 15:

discit, Litavicum ad sollicitandos Haeduos profectum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 54:

animadverti et didici ex tuis litteris te omnibus in rebus habuisse rationem, ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 3, 5; id. Ac. 2, 30 fin.:

deos didici securum agere aevum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 101 et saep.—

With relat. clause:

plures discent, quemadmodum haec fiant, quam quemadmodum his resistatur,

Cic. Lael. 12, 41:

quantum in Etruria belli esset,

Liv. 10, 25:

patriae quid debeat, etc.,

Hor. A. P. 312 et saep.—

Absol.:

disces tu quidem a principe hujus aetatis philosophorum, et disces quamdiu voles,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2:

didicit,

i. e. oratory, id. Brut. 71, 249; Caes. B. G. 6, 14, 4; Quint. 1, 12, 14 al.:

discendi aut visendi causa maria transmittere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3; so,

discendi causa,

id. ib. 1, 10; id. Off. 2, 1, 4; Caes. B. G. 6, 13 fin. al.:

se ita a patribus majoribusque suis didicisse, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 6. —Ellipt.:

discebant fidibus antiqui, sc. canere,

Cic. de Sen. 8 fin. (cf.:

docere fidibus,

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

scire fidibus,

Ter. Eun. 1, 5, 53).—

Transf., of inanimate subjects:

manus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 159:

nec varios discet mentiri lana colores,

Verg. E. 4, 42:

arbores,

Plin. H. N. 16 prooem.—

To teach = docere (late Lat., cf. manthanein, and Eng. learn):

falsa discentes,

Amm. 14, 1.

nosco, nōvi, nōtum, 3 (old form, GNOSCO, GNOVI, GNOTVM, acc. to Prisc. p. 569 P.; inf. pass. GNOSCIER, S. C. de Bacch.; cf. GNOTV, cognitu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.: GNOT (contr. for gnovit) oiden, epiginôskei; GNOTV, gnôsin, diagnôsin, Gloss. Labb.—Contr. forms in class. Lat. are nosti, noram, norim. nosse; nomus for novimus: nomus ambo Ulixem, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 382 P., or Trag. v. 199 Vahl.), v. a. [for gnosco, from the root gno; Gr. gignôskô, to begin to know], to get a knowledge of, become acquainted with, come to know a thing (syn.: scio, calleo).

Lit.

Tempp. praes.:

cum igitur, nosce te, dicit, hoc dicit, nosce animum tuum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 52: Me. Sauream non novi. Li. At nosce sane, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 58; cf.: Ch. Nosce signum. Ni. Novi, id. Bacch. 4, 6, 19; id. Poen. 4, 2, 71:

(Juppiter) nos per gentes alium alia disparat, Hominum qui facta, mores, pietatem et fidem noscamus,

id. Rud. prol. 12; id. Stich. 1, 1, 4:

id esse verum, cuivis facile est noscere,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 8:

ut noscere possis quidque,

Lucr. 1, 190; 2, 832; 3, 124; 418; 588; Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64: deus ille, quem mente noscimus, id. N. D. 1, 14, 37.— Pass.:

EAM (tabulam) FIGIER IOVBEATIS, VBEI FACILVMED GNOSCIER POTISIT, S. C. de Bacch.: forma in tenebris nosci non quita est, Ter Hec. 4, 1, 57 sq.: omnes philosophiae partes tum facile noscuntur, cum, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 4, 9: philosophiae praecepta noscenda, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 14:

nullique videnda, Voce tamen noscar,

Ov. M. 14, 153:

nec noscitur ulli,

by any one, id. Tr. 1, 5, 29:

noscere provinciam, nosci exercitui,

by the army, Tac. Agr. 5.—

Temppperf., to have become acquainted with, to have learned, to know:

si me novisti minus,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 47:

Cylindrus ego sum, non nosti nomen meum?

id. Men. 2, 2, 20:

novi rem omnem,

Ter. And. 4, 4, 50:

qui non leges, non instituta... non jura noritis,

Cic. Pis. 13, 30:

plerique neque in rebus humanis quidquam bonum norunt, nisi, etc.,

id. Lael. 21, 79:

quam (virtutem) tu ne de facie quidem nosti,

id. Pis. 32, 81; id. Fin. 2, 22, 71:

si ego hos bene novi,

if I know them well, id. Rosc. Am. 20 fin.: si Caesarem bene novi, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, B, 2:

Lepidum pulchre noram,

Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 1:

si tuos digitos novi,

id. Att. 5, 21, 13:

res gestas de libris novisse,

to have learned from books, Lact. 5, 19, 15:

nosse Graece, etc. (late Lat. for scire),

Aug. Serm. 45, 5; 167, 40 al.:

ut ibi esses, ubi nec Pelopidarum—nosti cetera,

Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 2; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 11.—

To examine, consider:

ad res suas noscendas,

Liv. 10, 20:

imaginem,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 29.—So esp., to take cognizance of as a judge:

quae olim a praetoribus noscebantur,

Tac. A. 12, 60.—

Transf., in the tempp. praes.

In gen., to know, recognize (rare; perh. not in Cic.): hau nosco tuom, I know your ( character, etc.), i. e. I know you no longer, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 44:

nosce imaginem,

id. Ps. 4, 2, 29; id. Bacch. 4, 6, 19:

potesne ex his ut proprium quid noscere?

Hor. S. 2, 7, 89; Tac. H. 1, 90.—

In partic., to acknowledge, allow, admit of a reason or an excuse (in Cic.):

numquam amatoris meretricem oportet causam noscere, Quin, etc.,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 18:

illam partem excusationis... nec nosco, nec probo,

Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 1; cf.:

quod te excusas: ego vero et tuas causas nosco, et, etc.,

id. Att. 11, 7, 4:

atque vereor, ne istam causam nemo noscat,

id. Leg. 1, 4, 11.—

Transf. in tempp. perf.

To be acquainted with, i. e. to practise, possess:

alia vitia non nosse,

Sen. Q. N. 4 praef. § 9.—

In mal. part., to know (in paronomasia), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 13; id. Pers. 1, 3, 51.—

(Eccl. Lat.) Of religious knowledge:

non noverant Dominum,

Vulg. Judic. 2, 12; ib. 2 Thess. 1, 8:

Jesum novi, Paulum scio,

I acknowledge, ib. Act. 19, 15.—Hence, nōtus, a, um, P. a., known.

Lit.:

nisi rem tam notam esse omnibus et tam manifestam videres,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, 134:

ejusmodi res ita notas, ita testatas, ita manifestas proferam,

id. ib. 2, 2, 34, §

85: fingi haec putatis, quae patent, quae nota sunt omnibus, quae tenentur?

id. Mil. 28, 76:

noti atque insignes latrones,

id. Phil. 11, 5, 10:

habere omnes philosophiae notos et tractatos locos,

id. Or. 33, 118:

facere aliquid alicui notum,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

tua nobilitas hominibus litteratis est notior, populo obscurior,

id. Mur. 7, 16:

nullus fuit civis Romanus paulo notior, quin, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 2, 19:

vita P. Sullae vobis populoque Romano notissima,

Cic. Sull. 26, 72:

nulli nota domus sua,

Juv. 1, 7.—

With gen. ( poet.):

notus in fratres animi paterni,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 6: noti operum Telchines. Stat. Th. 2, 274:

notusque fugarum, Vertit terga,

Sil. 17, 148.—

With subj.-clause:

notum est, cur, etc.,

Juv. 2, 58.—

With inf. ( poet.):

Delius, Trojanos notus semper minuisse labores,

Sil. 12, 331.—

In partic.

Subst.: nōti, acquaintances, friends:

de dignitate M. Caelius notis ac majoribus natu... respondet,

Cic. Cael. 2, 3:

hi suos notos hospitesque quaerebant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 74, 5; Hor. S. 1, 1, 85; Verg. Cir. 259.—

In a bad sense, notorious:

notissimi latronum duces,

Cic. Fam. 10, 14, 1:

integrae Temptator Orion Dianae,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 70; Ov. M. 1, 198:

Clodia, mulier non solum nobilis sed etiam nota,

Cic. Cael. 13, 31; cf. id. Verr. 1, 6, 15:

moechorum notissimus,

Juv. 6, 42.—

Transf., act., knowing, that knows: novi, [p. 1217] notis praedicas, to those that know, Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 39.

nosco, nōvi, nōtum, 3 (old form, GNOSCO, GNOVI, GNOTVM, acc. to Prisc. p. 569 P.; inf. pass. GNOSCIER, S. C. de Bacch.; cf. GNOTV, cognitu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.: GNOT (contr. for gnovit) oiden, epiginôskei; GNOTV, gnôsin, diagnôsin, Gloss. Labb.—Contr. forms in class. Lat. are nosti, noram, norim. nosse; nomus for novimus: nomus ambo Ulixem, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 382 P., or Trag. v. 199 Vahl.), v. a. [for gnosco, from the root gno; Gr. gignôskô, to begin to know], to get a knowledge of, become acquainted with, come to know a thing (syn.: scio, calleo).

Lit.

Tempp. praes.:

cum igitur, nosce te, dicit, hoc dicit, nosce animum tuum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 52: Me. Sauream non novi. Li. At nosce sane, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 58; cf.: Ch. Nosce signum. Ni. Novi, id. Bacch. 4, 6, 19; id. Poen. 4, 2, 71:

(Juppiter) nos per gentes alium alia disparat, Hominum qui facta, mores, pietatem et fidem noscamus,

id. Rud. prol. 12; id. Stich. 1, 1, 4:

id esse verum, cuivis facile est noscere,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 8:

ut noscere possis quidque,

Lucr. 1, 190; 2, 832; 3, 124; 418; 588; Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64: deus ille, quem mente noscimus, id. N. D. 1, 14, 37.— Pass.:

EAM (tabulam) FIGIER IOVBEATIS, VBEI FACILVMED GNOSCIER POTISIT, S. C. de Bacch.: forma in tenebris nosci non quita est, Ter Hec. 4, 1, 57 sq.: omnes philosophiae partes tum facile noscuntur, cum, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 4, 9: philosophiae praecepta noscenda, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 14:

nullique videnda, Voce tamen noscar,

Ov. M. 14, 153:

nec noscitur ulli,

by any one, id. Tr. 1, 5, 29:

noscere provinciam, nosci exercitui,

by the army, Tac. Agr. 5.—

Temppperf., to have become acquainted with, to have learned, to know:

si me novisti minus,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 47:

Cylindrus ego sum, non nosti nomen meum?

id. Men. 2, 2, 20:

novi rem omnem,

Ter. And. 4, 4, 50:

qui non leges, non instituta... non jura noritis,

Cic. Pis. 13, 30:

plerique neque in rebus humanis quidquam bonum norunt, nisi, etc.,

id. Lael. 21, 79:

quam (virtutem) tu ne de facie quidem nosti,

id. Pis. 32, 81; id. Fin. 2, 22, 71:

si ego hos bene novi,

if I know them well, id. Rosc. Am. 20 fin.: si Caesarem bene novi, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, B, 2:

Lepidum pulchre noram,

Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 1:

si tuos digitos novi,

id. Att. 5, 21, 13:

res gestas de libris novisse,

to have learned from books, Lact. 5, 19, 15:

nosse Graece, etc. (late Lat. for scire),

Aug. Serm. 45, 5; 167, 40 al.:

ut ibi esses, ubi nec Pelopidarum—nosti cetera,

Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 2; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 11.—

To examine, consider:

ad res suas noscendas,

Liv. 10, 20:

imaginem,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 29.—So esp., to take cognizance of as a judge:

quae olim a praetoribus noscebantur,

Tac. A. 12, 60.—

Transf., in the tempp. praes.

In gen., to know, recognize (rare; perh. not in Cic.): hau nosco tuom, I know your ( character, etc.), i. e. I know you no longer, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 44:

nosce imaginem,

id. Ps. 4, 2, 29; id. Bacch. 4, 6, 19:

potesne ex his ut proprium quid noscere?

Hor. S. 2, 7, 89; Tac. H. 1, 90.—

In partic., to acknowledge, allow, admit of a reason or an excuse (in Cic.):

numquam amatoris meretricem oportet causam noscere, Quin, etc.,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 18:

illam partem excusationis... nec nosco, nec probo,

Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 1; cf.:

quod te excusas: ego vero et tuas causas nosco, et, etc.,

id. Att. 11, 7, 4:

atque vereor, ne istam causam nemo noscat,

id. Leg. 1, 4, 11.—

Transf. in tempp. perf.

To be acquainted with, i. e. to practise, possess:

alia vitia non nosse,

Sen. Q. N. 4 praef. § 9.—

In mal. part., to know (in paronomasia), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 13; id. Pers. 1, 3, 51.—

(Eccl. Lat.) Of religious knowledge:

non noverant Dominum,

Vulg. Judic. 2, 12; ib. 2 Thess. 1, 8:

Jesum novi, Paulum scio,

I acknowledge, ib. Act. 19, 15.—Hence, nōtus, a, um, P. a., known.

Lit.:

nisi rem tam notam esse omnibus et tam manifestam videres,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, 134:

ejusmodi res ita notas, ita testatas, ita manifestas proferam,

id. ib. 2, 2, 34, §

85: fingi haec putatis, quae patent, quae nota sunt omnibus, quae tenentur?

id. Mil. 28, 76:

noti atque insignes latrones,

id. Phil. 11, 5, 10:

habere omnes philosophiae notos et tractatos locos,

id. Or. 33, 118:

facere aliquid alicui notum,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

tua nobilitas hominibus litteratis est notior, populo obscurior,

id. Mur. 7, 16:

nullus fuit civis Romanus paulo notior, quin, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 2, 19:

vita P. Sullae vobis populoque Romano notissima,

Cic. Sull. 26, 72:

nulli nota domus sua,

Juv. 1, 7.—

With gen. ( poet.):

notus in fratres animi paterni,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 6: noti operum Telchines. Stat. Th. 2, 274:

notusque fugarum, Vertit terga,

Sil. 17, 148.—

With subj.-clause:

notum est, cur, etc.,

Juv. 2, 58.—

With inf. ( poet.):

Delius, Trojanos notus semper minuisse labores,

Sil. 12, 331.—

In partic.

Subst.: nōti, acquaintances, friends:

de dignitate M. Caelius notis ac majoribus natu... respondet,

Cic. Cael. 2, 3:

hi suos notos hospitesque quaerebant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 74, 5; Hor. S. 1, 1, 85; Verg. Cir. 259.—

In a bad sense, notorious:

notissimi latronum duces,

Cic. Fam. 10, 14, 1:

integrae Temptator Orion Dianae,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 70; Ov. M. 1, 198:

Clodia, mulier non solum nobilis sed etiam nota,

Cic. Cael. 13, 31; cf. id. Verr. 1, 6, 15:

moechorum notissimus,

Juv. 6, 42.—

Transf., act., knowing, that knows: novi, [p. 1217] notis praedicas, to those that know, Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 39.

occallesco ( obc-), lui, 3, v. inch. n. [ob-calleo], to get a thick skin; to grow or become callous.

Lit.:

latera occallescunt plagis,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 13; Cels. 4, 24. — Poet., of one metamorphosed into a swine:

os sensi occallescere rostro,

Ov. M. 14, 282.—

Trop., to become callous, hardened, insensible:

jam prorsus occallui,

Cic. Att. 2, 18, 4:

longā patientiā occallui,

Plin. Ep. 2, 15, 2:

sic mores occalluere,

Col. 8, 16, 6.

occallesco ( obc-), lui, 3, v. inch. n. [ob-calleo], to get a thick skin; to grow or become callous.

Lit.:

latera occallescunt plagis,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 13; Cels. 4, 24. — Poet., of one metamorphosed into a swine:

os sensi occallescere rostro,

Ov. M. 14, 282.—

Trop., to become callous, hardened, insensible:

jam prorsus occallui,

Cic. Att. 2, 18, 4:

longā patientiā occallui,

Plin. Ep. 2, 15, 2:

sic mores occalluere,

Col. 8, 16, 6.