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cerno
cerno, crēvi, crētum (part. pass. cretus is apparently used only once: cineris bene creti, Pall. 12,...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
cernō crēvī, certus, ere
2 CER-, to separate, part, sift : in cribris omnia cavis, O.— Fig., of the sight, to distinguish, discern, make out, perceive, see : si satis cerno, T.: acutum, H.: oculis cerni, N.: quae cernere et videre non possumus: haec coram, to witness , Cs.: coram letum, V.: acies a nostris cernebatur, Cs.: Venus, nulli cernenda, invisible , O.: neque misceri omnia cerneres, S.: cernis ut insultent Rutuli?V.: cernebatur novissimos illorum premi vehementer, Cs.— To see mentally, discern, perceive, comprehend, understand : eas (res) ingenio: ea quae erant vera: amorem, T.: cerno animo acervos civium: fortis animus cernitur, shows itself.—To decide, decree, determine, resolve : quotcumque senatus creverit populusque iusserit: priusquam id sors cerneret, L.: certā sorte, after the lot was decided , L.: Ferro non auro vitam cernamus utrique: cernere ferro, V.: potius germanum amittere crevi quam tibi ... deessem, Ct.: pro patriā, S.—In law, with hereditatem, formally to declare oneself heir to, accept, enter upon : quam hereditatem iam crevimus: hereditatem regni, L.— Fig.: fratris amorem cum reliquā hereditate crevisse.
cerno, crēvi, crētum (part. pass. cretus is apparently used only once: cineris bene creti, Pall. 12,...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.