dinosco

Latin

Alternative forms

• dīgnōscō

Etymology

From dis- +‎ nōscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diːˈnoːs.koː/, [d̪iːˈnoːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈnos.ko/, [d̪iˈnɔsko]

Verb

dīnōscō (present infinitive dīnōscere, perfect active dīnōvī, supine dīnōtum); third conjugation

1. to discern, distinguish

   Synonym: internōscō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dīnōscō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dīnōscō	dīnōscis	dīnōscit	dīnōscimus	dīnōscitis	dīnōscunt
	imperfect	dīnōscēbam	dīnōscēbās	dīnōscēbat	dīnōscēbāmus	dīnōscēbātis	dīnōscēbant
	future	dīnōscam	dīnōscēs	dīnōscet	dīnōscēmus	dīnōscētis	dīnōscent
	perfect	dīnōvī	dīnōvistī, dīnōstī1	dīnōvit, dīnōt1	dīnōvimus, dīnōmus1	dīnōvistis, dīnōstis1	dīnōvērunt, dīnōrunt, dīnōvēre1
	pluperfect	dīnōveram, dīnōram1	dīnōverās, dīnōrās1	dīnōverat, dīnōrat1	dīnōverāmus, dīnōrāmus1	dīnōverātis, dīnōrātis1	dīnōverant, dīnōrant1
	future perfect	dīnōverō, dīnōrō1	dīnōveris, dīnōris1	dīnōverit, dīnōrit1	dīnōverimus, dīnōrimus1	dīnōveritis, dīnōritis1	dīnōverint, dīnōrint1
passive	present	dīnōscor	dīnōsceris, dīnōscere	dīnōscitur	dīnōscimur	dīnōsciminī	dīnōscuntur
	imperfect	dīnōscēbar	dīnōscēbāris, dīnōscēbāre	dīnōscēbātur	dīnōscēbāmur	dīnōscēbāminī	dīnōscēbantur
	future	dīnōscar	dīnōscēris, dīnōscēre	dīnōscētur	dīnōscēmur	dīnōscēminī	dīnōscentur
	perfect	dīnōtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dīnōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dīnōtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dīnōscam	dīnōscās	dīnōscat	dīnōscāmus	dīnōscātis	dīnōscant
	imperfect	dīnōscerem	dīnōscerēs	dīnōsceret	dīnōscerēmus	dīnōscerētis	dīnōscerent
	perfect	dīnōverim, dīnōrim1	dīnōverīs, dīnōrīs1	dīnōverit, dīnōrit1	dīnōverīmus, dīnōrīmus1	dīnōverītis, dīnōrītis1	dīnōverint, dīnōrint1
	pluperfect	dīnōvissem, dīnōssem1	dīnōvissēs, dīnōssēs1	dīnōvisset, dīnōsset1	dīnōvissēmus, dīnōssēmus1	dīnōvissētis, dīnōssētis1	dīnōvissent, dīnōssent1
passive	present	dīnōscar	dīnōscāris, dīnōscāre	dīnōscātur	dīnōscāmur	dīnōscāminī	dīnōscantur
	imperfect	dīnōscerer	dīnōscerēris, dīnōscerēre	dīnōscerētur	dīnōscerēmur	dīnōscerēminī	dīnōscerentur
	perfect	dīnōtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dīnōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dīnōsce	—	—	dīnōscite	—
	future	—	dīnōscitō	dīnōscitō	—	dīnōscitōte	dīnōscuntō
passive	present	—	dīnōscere	—	—	dīnōsciminī	—
	future	—	dīnōscitor	dīnōscitor	—	—	dīnōscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dīnōscere	dīnōvisse, dīnōsse1	dīnōtūrum esse	dīnōscī	dīnōtum esse	dīnōtum īrī
participles		dīnōscēns	—	dīnōtūrus	—	dīnōtus	dīnōscendus, dīnōscundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dīnōscendī	dīnōscendō	dīnōscendum	dīnōscendō	dīnōtum	dīnōtū

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

References

• “dinosco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dinosco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dinosco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.