dī-nosco (old form, dīgnosco—no perf. nor sup.), ĕre, 3, v. a. [dis, 2.; nosco],
I to know apart, to distinguish, discern one thing from another (perh. not ante-Aug.).
α With ab : vix ut dinosci possit a mastiche verā, Plin. 12, 17, 36, § 72. —
β With abl.: civem dinoscere hoste, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 29: ut possem curvo dinoscere rectum, id. ib. 2, 2, 44: aera tinnitu, Quint. 11, 3, 31: vocem auribus, speciem oculis, id. ib. 18: aliquid sapore, Col. 2, 2, 20.—
γ With accus. : suos et alienos, Col. 8, 5, 7: vera bona, Juv. 10, 2: veri speciem, Pers. 5, 105.—
δ With rel. clause : dinoscere Quid solidum crepet, etc., Pers. 5, 24.—
ε Absol. : inter se similes, vix ut dinoscere possis, Ov. M. 13, 835; Suet. Oth. 12.