Latin

Participle

cognitus m ‎(feminine cognita, neuter cognitum); first/second declension

1. known (from experience), recognised, having been recognised
2. noted, acknowledged, having been acknowledged

Inflection

First/second declension.

Noun

cognitus m ‎(genitive cognitūs); fourth declension

1. acquaintance (act of getting to know one)

Inflection

Fourth declension.

References

• cognitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cognitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• COGNITUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cognitus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to have a theoretical knowledge of a thing: ratione, doctrina (opp. usu) aliquid cognitum habere
    
  • we know from experience: usu cognitum habemus
    
  • to be well-informed, erudite: multa cognita, percepta habere, multa didicisse
    
  • without going to law: indicta causa (opp. cognita causa)