praenosco

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Ὁ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ μηδὲν δεόμενος δι' αὐτάρκειαν οὐθὲν μέρος πόλεως, ὥστε θηρίον θεός → Whoever is incapable of associating, or has no need to because of self-sufficiency, is no part of a state; so he is either a beast or a god

Aristotle, Politics, 1253a25

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prae-nosco: ĕre, v. a.,
I to learn or become acquainted with beforehand, to foreknow (class.): futura, Cic. Div. 1, 38, 82; Suet. Ner. 56; Plin. 18, 24, 56, § 206: promissum sibi caelum, Ov. F. 3, 159: venturum caeli laborem, Stat. Th. 3, 490: rerum fata, Sil. 3, 7: omina, id. 16, 124; Vulg. Gen. 15, 13 (but in Plaut. As. 1, 1, 46, the correct reading is: in pretio sumus, acc. to Fleck. and Ussing).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

prænōscō,¹⁴ nōvī, nōtum, ĕre, tr., connaître par avance, apprendre d’avance : Cic. Div. 1, 82 ; 2, 130 ; Suet. Nero 56.