I. To know again, recollect, recall to mind, recognize, i. q. recordor (class.; “esp. freq. in Cic.): se non tum illa discere, sed reminiscendo recognoscere,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57 (just before, recordari); cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32: “fugam et furtum,” id. ib. 2, 2, 6, § “18: ea, quae scit, mecum recognoscere,” id. ib. 1, 5, 15; cf. id. Cat. 1, 3, 6: “noctem illam superiorem mecum recognosce,” id. ib. 1, 4, 8; Liv. 44, 38: “cum te penitus recognovi, timere desino,” Cic. Deiot. 2, 4; cf.: “personas quasdam,” id. Mil. 6, 6: in quibus (litteris) mirificum tuum erga me amorem recognovi, Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 1; so, “res (suas),” Liv. 5, 16: “spatia certaminum,” Tac. H. 2, 70: “dona templorum,” id. Agr. 6: “cuncta loca,” Ov. M. 11, 62: “sacra eruta annalibus,” id. F. 1, 7; cf.: “ille se imperatorem cognosceret,” feel himself, Capitol. Gord. 30. —
II. To look over, review, investigate, examine, inspect, i. q. recenseo (so most freq. since the Aug. per.): “quoniam non recognoscimus nunc leges populi Romani sed aut repetimus ereptas aut novas scribimus,” Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 37: “socios navales,” Liv. 42, 31; cf. Front. Strat. 4, 6, 3: “peregrinos,” Just. 43, 4, 11: “equitum turmas,” Suet. Aug. 37; 38; id. Tib. 61; Just. 43, 4, 11: “agros,” Liv. 42, 8, 9: ergastula, Suet. Aug. 32: “supellectilem Darei et omnem pecuniam,” Curt. 5, 1, 23: “mancipia ergastuli,” Col. 1, 8, 16: “instrumentum rusticum,” id. 11, 1, 20: “numerum (gregis, militum),” id. 8, 11, 2; Just. 3, 1, 7: “praedam,” id. 11, 14, 8: “sigillum,” App. M. 10, p. 243, 8.— Poet.: (Caesar triumphans) Dona recognoscit populorum, surveys, * Verg. A. 8, 721. —
B. In partic., to examine a writing in respect to its genuineness and value; to certify, authenticate: “tabulas in foro summā hominum frequentiā exscribo ... Haec omnia summā curā et diligentiā recognita et collata et ab hominibus honestissimis obsignata sunt,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190; cf.: “decretum Pompeii,” id. Balb. 5, 11: “codicem,” id. Vatin. 2, 5: “descriptum et recognitum,” Dig. 10, 2, 5; Inscr. Grut. 214; 573: “libellos recognoscere et emendare,” to revise and correct, Plin. Ep. 4, 26, 1.
