I.to know, to recognize (not in Cic. or Cæs.).
I. Lit.: “noscito hanc, nam videor, nescio ubi, me vidisse prius,” Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 14: “aliquem facie,” Liv. 22, 6: “noscitabatur tamen in tantā deformitate,” id. 2, 23, 4: “praefectos,” Curt. 3, 11, 10: “ducem,” Tac. H. 2, 12: “aliquem vocibus,” Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 14: “facile inscieis noscitetur ab omnibus,” Cat. 61, 219.—
B. To perceive, observe: “haut est dissimilis, meam quom formam noscito,” Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 5: “circumspectare omnibus fori partibus senatorem, raroque usquam noscitare,” Liv. 3, 38, 9.—
II. Transf., to examine, explore: “aedes noscitat,” Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 21: “nunc vestigia, si qua sunt, noscitabo,” id. Cist. 4, 2, 14.