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Theme for this month: Inchoative verbs

nosco, noscere, novi, notum

Definition: [present forms] to get to know, make the acquaintance of, examine, study, recognize

[perfect forms with present force]: to know, know how, recognize

Sententia: Haec aestas, noscetis Iuliam, puella Romana, per sententias. Habitat in Roma in tempus Augusti.

This summer, you will get to know Julia, a Roman girl, through the sentences. She lives in Rome in the time of Augustus.

"Nosco" is an important Vergil word, found in every book of Vergil's Aeneid, though most often in the perfect participle form. Related words like "agnosco" are also common. Etymologically, it is similar to the Greek word γιγνώσκω (gignosko), meaning "to get to know."