cognoscens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of cognōscō.

Participle

cognōscēns (genitive cognōscentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. knowing
2. recognizing
3. witnessing
4. acquainted (with)
5. aware of

   Synonyms: cōnsciēns, cōnscius, scius, sciēns

   Antonyms: nesciēns, ignārus, nescius, ignōrāns, īnscius, expers

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	cognōscēns			cognōscentēs	cognōscentia
genitive	cognōscentis			cognōscentium
dative	cognōscentī			cognōscentibus
accusative	cognōscentem	cognōscēns		cognōscentēs cognōscentīs	cognōscentia
ablative	cognōscente cognōscentī1			cognōscentibus
vocative	cognōscēns			cognōscentēs	cognōscentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Catalan: coneixent, coneixença
• English: cognoscente
• French: connaissant, connaissance
• Italian: conoscente, conoscenza
• Romanian: cunoștințe, cunoștință
• Sicilian: canuscenti, canuscenza
• Spanish: conocencia

References

• “cognoscens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cognoscens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.