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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 5 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• discern:
    1. I. To distinguish mentally: sēcerno, discerno, internosco: v. to distinguish.
    2. II. To see clearly (with the eyes or mind):
      1. 1. cerno, 3: to d. with the eyes, oculis c., Cic.: to d. and understand anything, c. aliquid animo, Cic.: v. to perceive.
      2. 2. dispĭcio, spexi, spectum, 3 (implying obstacles in the way): Thule even has been d.'d, dispecta est et Thule, Tac.: not to be able to d. the truth, verum d. non posse, Cic.: what Pompey is aiming at I cannot d., Pompeius quid velit, non dispicio, Cic. More precisely, acie mentis dispicere, Cic.
      3. 3. perspĭcio, 3 (to see clearly): Cic.: v. to perceive.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• DISCERN
  • discernere (Curt.; see an object so as to distinguish it from others; aliquid or aliquem; aliquid or aliquem ab aliquo); dispicere (PROP.; mostly neuter; figuratively, of the mind, with accusative). (The words are found in this connection and order.) discernere et dispicere: internoscere (to know an object amongst others, from which one distinguishes it). Cf.,” To discern one thing from another,” or “between one thing and another,” is either discernere, or internoscere hoc et illud, or hoc ab illo; e.g., to discern black from white, alba et atra discernere (so probanda atque improbanda; insidiatorem et petitum insidiis): to discern between panthers and pards, discernere pantheras a pardis (so id quod visum erat a falso, Cic.): His blinded intellect discerned none of these things, horum nihil dispexit caecata mens: to discern between a true and a false friend, secernere blandum amicum a vero et internoscere: to discern a deserving person from an undeserving one, internoscere dignum et indignum: ☞ discernere, internoscere, etc., may also have a dependent interrogative clause; e.g., internoscere visa vera sint ilia, an falsa (Cic.); animus discernit, quid sit ejusdem generis, quid alterius (Cic.).
  • See clearly, cernere: videre [SYN. in SEE]. (The words are found in this connection and order.) cernere et videre: sentire ac videre (of mental perception; accusative and infinitive).