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Verb

cerno

1. first-person singular present indicative form of cerndre

Italian

Verb

cerno

1. first-person singular present indicative of cernere

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *krinō, from Proto-Indo-European *krey-.

Cognate to Ancient Greek κρίνω ‎(krínō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈker.noː/, [ˈkɛr.noː]

Verb

cernō ‎(present infinitive cernere, perfect active crēvī, supine crētum); third conjugation

1. I separate, sift
2. I distinguish, discern, see

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References

• cerno in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cerno in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cerno”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to see clearly, distinctly: cernere et videre aliquid
    
  • the world of sense, the visible world: res quas oculis cernimus
    
  • it is evident from..: cernitur (in) aliqua re (not ex aliqua re)
    
  • to take possession of an inheritance: hereditatem adire, cernere