cognitor
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cognitor, cognitoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
guarantor of identity; he who knows/is acquainted with (person/thing); attorney;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...controversia est. LXXI. "Non licet tibi agere mecum: cognitor enim fieri non potuisti": iudicatio an potuerit. "Non debuisti..." - M
In Catilinam IV
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...secutus est, fortasse minus erunt hoc auctore et cognitore huiusce sententiae mihi populares impetus pertimescendi; sin illam alteram..." - P
Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...capiant vadimonia garrula cerae, quas aliquis duro cognitor ore legat; inter ephemeridas melius tabulasque iacerent, in quibus absumptas..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...iocus." ire domum atque pelliculam curare iube; fi cognitor ipse, persta atque obdura: seu rubra Canicula findet infantis..."