knowledge

• From the moon, knowledge. (motto of Apollo 13)

• I know that I know nothing. Certain knowledge cannot be obtained. (Socrates)

• Your knowledge is nothing when no one else knows that you know it

• If you fail, the secretary will disavow all knowledge of your activities

recognition, knowledge.

conscience, consciouness, knowledge

instruction, teaching / knowledge, learning

a-scisco ( adsc-, Lachm., Baiter, Dietsch, Weissenb., K. and H., Halm in Tac.; asc-, Merk., Kayser, Rib., Halm in Nep.), īvi (in ante-class. and class. Lat. never ii), ītum, 3, v. a.

A.. Lit., to take or receive a thing with knowledge (and approbation), to approve, receive as true:

cum jussisset populus Romanus aliquid, si id ascivissent socii populi ac Latini, etc.,

Cic. Balb. 8, 20:

quas (leges) Latini voluerunt, asciverunt,

id. ib. 8, 20, §

21: quibus (scitis) adscitis susceptisque,

id. Leg. 2, 5:

tu vero ista ne adsciveris neve fueris commenticiis rebus assensus,

id. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

ne labar ad opinionem, et aliquid adsciscam et comprobem incognitum,

id. ib. 2, 45, 138.—

Of persons, to receive or admit one in some capacity ( as citizen, ally, son, etc.):

dominos acrīs adsciscunt,

Lucr. 5, 87; 6, 63:

perficiam ut hunc A. Licinium non modo non segregandum, cum sit civis, a numero civium, verum etiam, si non esset, putetis asciscendum fuisse,

Cic. Arch. 2 fin.; cf. id. Balb. 13:

[aliā (civitate) ascitā],

Nep. Att. 3, 1 Halm:

Numam Pompilium... regem alienigenam sibi ipse populus adscivit eumque ad regnandum Romam Curibus adscivit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 13:

aliquem patronum,

id. Pis. 11, 25:

socios sibi ad id bellum Osismios, etc., adsciscunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 10; so id. ib. 1, 5, 4:

socius adscitus,

Sall. C. 47, 1:

aliquem ducem, Auct. B. Alex. 59, 2: qui non asciverit ultro Dardanium Aenean generumque acceperit urbi,

Verg. A. 11, 471:

gener inde provecto annis adscitus,

Liv. 21, 2; so Tac. H. 1, 59:

ascivit te filium non vitricus, sed princeps,

Plin. Pan. 7, 4:

tribuni centurionesque adsciscebantur,

Tac. H. 2, 5 fin.:

aliquem successorem,

Suet. Tib. 23 fin. al.—In the histt. also with in (in civitatem, societatem, senatum, nomen, etc.):

adsciti simul in civitatem et patres,

Liv. 6, 40, 4:

simul in civitatem Romanam et in familias patriciorum adscitus,

Tac. A. 11, 24:

aliquem in numerum patriciorum,

id. ib. 11, 25:

inter patricios,

id. Agr. 9:

Chauci in commilitium adsciti sunt,

id. A. 1, 60:

aliquem in penates suos,

id. H. 1, 15:

aliquem in nomen,

id. A. 3, 30; Suet. Claud. 39:

aliquem in bona et nomen,

id. Galb. 17.—

Transf., in gen., to take or receive a person to one's self; of things, to appropriate to one's self, adopt (diff. from adjungere and assumere, by the accessory idea of exertion and mediation, or of personal reflection; cf. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 10; Sall. C. 24, 3).

Of persons:

nemo oppressus aere alieno fuit, quem non ad hoc incredibile sceleris foedus asciverit,

Cic. Cat. 2, 4 fin.:

exsulibus omnium civitatium ascitis, receptis latronibus, etc.,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 30:

eā tempestate plurimos cujusque generis homines adscivisse dicitur,

Sall. C. 24, 3:

Veientes re secundā elati voluntarios undique ad spem praedae adsciverunt,

Liv. 4, 31, 3; Tac. H. 2, 8:

in conscientiam facinoris pauci adsciti,

id. ib. 1, 25.— Poet.: asciscere for asciscere se or ascisci, to join or unite one's self to one (cf.. Accingunt omnes operi, Verg. A. 2, 235):

ascivere tuo comites sub numine divae centum omnes nemorum,

Grat. Cyn. 16.—

Of things: Quae neque terra sibi adscivit nec maxumus aether, which neither the earth appropriates to itself nor etc., Lucr. 5, 473: Jovisque numen Mulciberi adscivit manus, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23:

sibi oppidum asciscere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10:

Ceres et Libera... quarum sacra populus Romanus a Graecis ascita et accepta tantā religione tuetur, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 5, 72; so id. Har Resp. 13, 27; Ov. M. 15, 625 Heins., where Merk. reads acciverit (cf. Web. ad Luc. 8, 831):

peregrinos ritus,

Liv. 1, 20:

Spem si quam ascitis Aetolum habuistis in armis,

Verg. A. 11, 308:

opimum quoddam et tamquam adipatae dictionis genus,

Cic. Or 8, 25: nova (verba) adsciscere, * Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119:

quod ipsa natura adsciscat et reprobet,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23 (B. and K., sciscat et probet):

adsciscere aut probare amicitiam aut justitiam,

id. ib. 3, 21, 70; id. Leg. 1, 11:

illa, quae prima sunt adscita naturā,

id. Fin. 3, 5, 17 (cf. Beier ad Cic. Off. 3, 3, 13, p. 203): hanc consuetudinem [p. 172] lubenter ascivimus, id. Brut. 57, 209. —

Sibi, like arrogo, to assume or arrogate something to one's self (very rare):

eos illius expertes esse prudentiae, quam sibi asciscerent,

Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87:

eloquentiae laudem uni sibi,

Tac. A. 14, 52; cf. Cic. Dom. 36, 95.—

To order, decree, or approve also or further, = etiam sciscere:

alterum (genus sacerdotum) quod interpretetur fatidicorum et vatium ecfata incognita, quae eorum senatus populusque adsciverit,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, ubi v. Moser.— ascītus, P. a. (opp. nativus, innatus, insitus), derived, assumed, foreign:

in eo nativum quemdam leporem esse, non ascitum,

Nep. Att. 4, 1 Halm:

proles,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 23;

genitos esse vos mihi, non ascitos milites credite,

Curt. 10, 3, 6:

nec petit ascitas dapes,

Ov. F. 6, 172.

Aescŭlāpĭus, i, m., = Asklêpios, acc. to fable, the son of Apollo and the nymph Coronis, deified after his death on account of his great knowledge of medicine, Cic. N. D. 3, 22; Cels. 1 praef. He had a temple at Rome, on the island in the Tiber. Upon the kind of worship paid to him, and his attributes, v. Festus, p. 82. Huic gallinae immolabantur, id. ib. The principal seat of his worship in Greece was Epidaurus. In his temple there was a magnificent statue of ivory and gold, the work of Thrasymedes, in which he was represented as a noble figure, resembling that of Zeus. He was seated on a throne, holding in one hand a staff, and with the other resting on the head of a dragon (serpent), and by his side lay a dog. There were also other representations, one even as beardless, very common at an earlier period, Müll. Archaeol. d. Kunst, S. 534 and 535. Serpents, prob. as symbols of prudence and renovation. were everywhere connected with his worship; cf. Spreng. Gesch. d. Medic. 1, 205.

► Adj.:

anguis Aesculapius,

Plin. 29, 4, 22, § 72.

artĭfĭcĭum, ii, n. [artifex].

In gen., the occupation of an artifex, a profession, trade, an employment, a handicraft, an art:

Jam de artificiis et quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, qui sordidi sint, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

ne opifices quidem tueri sua artificia possent, nisi, etc.,

id. Fin. 3, 2, 4:

in artificio perquam tenui et levi (sc. scaenico),

id. de Or. 1, 28, 129:

sordidum ancillareque,

id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58; so Tac. Or. 32; Sen. Ben. 6, 17: de hoc artificio est nobis acquisitio, * Vulg. Act. 19, 25:

non tu in isto artificio accusatorio callidior es quam hic in suo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 49 al. —

Esp.

Skill, knowledge, ingenuity in any thing:

simulacrum Dianae singulari opere artificioque perfectum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33; so id. ib. 2, 4, 21: quae certis signis artificii notata sunt, Auct. ad Her. 4, 4.—

Theory, system (cf. ars, I. C. 1.):

non esse eloquentiam ex artificio, sed artificium ex eloquentiā natum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 32, 146:

existimant artificium esse hoc quoddam non dissimile ceterorum, cujusmodi de ipso jure civili Crassus componi posse dicebat,

id. ib. 2, 19, 83: scientia cujusdam artificii non numquam dicitur prudentia, Auct. ad Her. 3, 2:

artificium memoriae,

mnemonics, id. ib. 4, 16.—

Skill serviceable in the attainment of any object, ingenuity, art, dexterity; and in a bad sense, craft, cunning, artifice (cf. ars, II.):

id ipsum, quod contra me locutus es, artificio quodam es consecutus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 74:

opus est non solum ingenio, verum etiam artificio quodam singulari,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 40 fin.:

vicinitas non assueta mendaciis, non fucosa, non fallax, non erudita artificio simulationis,

id. Planc. 9:

non virtute, neque in acie vicisse Romanos, sed artificio quodam et scientiā oppugnationis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 29: quorum artificiis effectum est, ut res publica in hunc statum perveniret, id. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, C. fin.

a-scisco ( adsc-, Lachm., Baiter, Dietsch, Weissenb., K. and H., Halm in Tac.; asc-, Merk., Kayser, Rib., Halm in Nep.), īvi (in ante-class. and class. Lat. never ii), ītum, 3, v. a.

A.. Lit., to take or receive a thing with knowledge (and approbation), to approve, receive as true:

cum jussisset populus Romanus aliquid, si id ascivissent socii populi ac Latini, etc.,

Cic. Balb. 8, 20:

quas (leges) Latini voluerunt, asciverunt,

id. ib. 8, 20, §

21: quibus (scitis) adscitis susceptisque,

id. Leg. 2, 5:

tu vero ista ne adsciveris neve fueris commenticiis rebus assensus,

id. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

ne labar ad opinionem, et aliquid adsciscam et comprobem incognitum,

id. ib. 2, 45, 138.—

Of persons, to receive or admit one in some capacity ( as citizen, ally, son, etc.):

dominos acrīs adsciscunt,

Lucr. 5, 87; 6, 63:

perficiam ut hunc A. Licinium non modo non segregandum, cum sit civis, a numero civium, verum etiam, si non esset, putetis asciscendum fuisse,

Cic. Arch. 2 fin.; cf. id. Balb. 13:

[aliā (civitate) ascitā],

Nep. Att. 3, 1 Halm:

Numam Pompilium... regem alienigenam sibi ipse populus adscivit eumque ad regnandum Romam Curibus adscivit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 13:

aliquem patronum,

id. Pis. 11, 25:

socios sibi ad id bellum Osismios, etc., adsciscunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 10; so id. ib. 1, 5, 4:

socius adscitus,

Sall. C. 47, 1:

aliquem ducem, Auct. B. Alex. 59, 2: qui non asciverit ultro Dardanium Aenean generumque acceperit urbi,

Verg. A. 11, 471:

gener inde provecto annis adscitus,

Liv. 21, 2; so Tac. H. 1, 59:

ascivit te filium non vitricus, sed princeps,

Plin. Pan. 7, 4:

tribuni centurionesque adsciscebantur,

Tac. H. 2, 5 fin.:

aliquem successorem,

Suet. Tib. 23 fin. al.—In the histt. also with in (in civitatem, societatem, senatum, nomen, etc.):

adsciti simul in civitatem et patres,

Liv. 6, 40, 4:

simul in civitatem Romanam et in familias patriciorum adscitus,

Tac. A. 11, 24:

aliquem in numerum patriciorum,

id. ib. 11, 25:

inter patricios,

id. Agr. 9:

Chauci in commilitium adsciti sunt,

id. A. 1, 60:

aliquem in penates suos,

id. H. 1, 15:

aliquem in nomen,

id. A. 3, 30; Suet. Claud. 39:

aliquem in bona et nomen,

id. Galb. 17.—

Transf., in gen., to take or receive a person to one's self; of things, to appropriate to one's self, adopt (diff. from adjungere and assumere, by the accessory idea of exertion and mediation, or of personal reflection; cf. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 10; Sall. C. 24, 3).

Of persons:

nemo oppressus aere alieno fuit, quem non ad hoc incredibile sceleris foedus asciverit,

Cic. Cat. 2, 4 fin.:

exsulibus omnium civitatium ascitis, receptis latronibus, etc.,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 30:

eā tempestate plurimos cujusque generis homines adscivisse dicitur,

Sall. C. 24, 3:

Veientes re secundā elati voluntarios undique ad spem praedae adsciverunt,

Liv. 4, 31, 3; Tac. H. 2, 8:

in conscientiam facinoris pauci adsciti,

id. ib. 1, 25.— Poet.: asciscere for asciscere se or ascisci, to join or unite one's self to one (cf.. Accingunt omnes operi, Verg. A. 2, 235):

ascivere tuo comites sub numine divae centum omnes nemorum,

Grat. Cyn. 16.—

Of things: Quae neque terra sibi adscivit nec maxumus aether, which neither the earth appropriates to itself nor etc., Lucr. 5, 473: Jovisque numen Mulciberi adscivit manus, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23:

sibi oppidum asciscere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10:

Ceres et Libera... quarum sacra populus Romanus a Graecis ascita et accepta tantā religione tuetur, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 5, 72; so id. Har Resp. 13, 27; Ov. M. 15, 625 Heins., where Merk. reads acciverit (cf. Web. ad Luc. 8, 831):

peregrinos ritus,

Liv. 1, 20:

Spem si quam ascitis Aetolum habuistis in armis,

Verg. A. 11, 308:

opimum quoddam et tamquam adipatae dictionis genus,

Cic. Or 8, 25: nova (verba) adsciscere, * Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119:

quod ipsa natura adsciscat et reprobet,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23 (B. and K., sciscat et probet):

adsciscere aut probare amicitiam aut justitiam,

id. ib. 3, 21, 70; id. Leg. 1, 11:

illa, quae prima sunt adscita naturā,

id. Fin. 3, 5, 17 (cf. Beier ad Cic. Off. 3, 3, 13, p. 203): hanc consuetudinem [p. 172] lubenter ascivimus, id. Brut. 57, 209. —

Sibi, like arrogo, to assume or arrogate something to one's self (very rare):

eos illius expertes esse prudentiae, quam sibi asciscerent,

Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87:

eloquentiae laudem uni sibi,

Tac. A. 14, 52; cf. Cic. Dom. 36, 95.—

To order, decree, or approve also or further, = etiam sciscere:

alterum (genus sacerdotum) quod interpretetur fatidicorum et vatium ecfata incognita, quae eorum senatus populusque adsciverit,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, ubi v. Moser.— ascītus, P. a. (opp. nativus, innatus, insitus), derived, assumed, foreign:

in eo nativum quemdam leporem esse, non ascitum,

Nep. Att. 4, 1 Halm:

proles,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 23;

genitos esse vos mihi, non ascitos milites credite,

Curt. 10, 3, 6:

nec petit ascitas dapes,

Ov. F. 6, 172.