agnĭtĭo, ōnis, f. [agnosco].
I A recognition , acknowledgment , admission , acceptance : admissio: bonorum possessionis, Dig. 38, 15, 5 (cf. agnosco, II.); a recognizing : cadaveris, Plin. 10, 70, 90, § 194: nullus interesset alienus agnitioni mutuae, Vulg. Gen. 45, 1.—
II A knowing , perceiving , apprehending , knowledge , in gen.: ad agnitionem animi, for the knowledge of the nature of mind , * Cic. N. D. 1, 1 Creuz: ut impleamini agnitione, Vulg. Col. 1, 9; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 8; Cassian. Incarn. 4, 2; Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 155.