tongeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tongēō, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (to think).

Pronunciation

Verb

tongeō (present infinitive tongēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

  1. (transitive, rare) to know
    Synonyms: agnōscō, cognōscō, sentiō, cōnsciō, sapiō, sciō, nōscō, scīscō, intellegō, percipiō, discernō, inveniō, cernō, audiō
    Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō
    • 1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 357, line 3:
      Tongēre nōsse est, nam Praenestīnī tongitiōnem dīcunt nōtiōnem. Ennius: “Aliī rhētorica tongent.”
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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References

  • tongĕo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,581/3.
  • tongeō” on page 1,948/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • tongĕo” in Forcellini, Egidio; Furlanetto, Giuseppe (ed.); Corradini, Francesco (ed.); and Perin, Giuseppe (ed.) (1733-1965). Lexicon Totius Latinitatis. Bologna: Arnaldo Forni. Vol. IV.b. p. 745.