per-nosco, ōvi, ōtum, 3, v. a.
I To examine thoroughly : pernoscite, Furtumne factum existimetis, an, etc., Ter. Ad. 12.—Hence, in perf. , to have examined or discerned , to know thoroughly , to become thoroughly acquainted with , to get a correct knowledge of : ingenium avidi haud pernoram hospitis, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 42: facta pernovit probe, id. Aul. 3, 5, 29: pernovi equidem ingenium tuum ingenuom admodum, id. Trin. 3, 2, 39.—
II To learn thoroughly , become fully acquainted with : hominum mores ex corpore, oculis, vultu, etc., pernoscere, Cic. Fat. 5, 10: motus animorum sunt penitus oratori pernoscendi, id. de Or. 1, 5, 17.
III —Hence, pernōtus , a, um, P. a., thoroughly known , well known : pugil ob eximiam virtutem virium regi pernotus et gratus, Curt. 9, 7, 16; Mel. 2, 3; Min. Fel. Oct. 14, 4.