ἐπιγιγνώσκω,
Ionic dialect and laterἐπιγενν-γῑνώσκω, look upon, witness, observe, [[ ἵνα πάντες ἐπιγνώωσι.. μαρναμένους 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.30; τινὰ ὀργιζόμενον Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.33, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Aj.” 18: rarely with _genitive_, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.279. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II. recognize, [[ αἴ κέ μ᾽ ἐπιγνώῃ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.217 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅπως μήτηρ σε μὴ 'πιγνώσεται φαιδρῷ προσώπῳ by thy glad face, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “El.” 1296, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Tht.” 192e (variant). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2. of things, find out, discover, [[ ἔργον Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Agamemnon” 1598, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.132, etc.; τὰ γεγονότα 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.11.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπιγνοίης ἂν αὐτὴν [τὴν σοφίαν].. οἰκείαν γενομένη; would you recognize when it became your own?, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthd.” 301e; ἐπιγνοὺς ἄνδρα δίκαιον “IG” 9(2).313 (from Tricca); ἐ.ὅτι.. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “HA” 631b11; τὸν πόλεμον ἐ. τίνα φύσιν ἔχει 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.65.6, compare “POxy.” 930.14 (2nd-3rd c.AD); ἐ. εἰ.. Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum LXX.Gen.37.32, “PFay.” 112.14 (1st c.AD):—] LXX+5th c.BC+]passive, [[ 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 10 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.2.b. find out too late, [[ ἐπιγνώσῃ τί σπάνις ἐστὶ φίλων “AP” 12.186 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]