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Dīno or Dīnōn, ōnis, m., = Δείνων, a Greek historian of the time of Philip of Macedonia, Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; Nep. Con. 5; Plin. 10, 49, 70, § 136.

Dīnō̆crătes, is, m., = Δεινοκράτης, a Grecian architect in the time of Alexander the Great, Vitr. 2, praef. 1 sq.; Val. Max. 1, 4 extr. 1.

Dīnŏmăchē, ēs, f., = Δεινομάχη, the mother of Alcibiades; hence, poet.: Dinomaches ego sum—as much as to say, I am a person of quality, Pers. 4, 20.

Dīnŏmăchus, i, m., = Δεινόμαχος, a Greek philosopher, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 21; id. Off. 3, 33, 119.

dī-nosco (old form, dīgnosco—no perf. nor sup.), ĕre, 3, v. a. [dis, 2.; nosco], to know apart, to distinguish, discern one thing from another (perh. not ante-Aug.).

        1. (α) With ab: vix ut dinosci possit a mastiche verā, Plin. 12, 17, 36, § 72.
        2. (β) With abl.: civem dinoscere hoste, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 29: ut possem curvo dinoscere rectum, id. ib. 2, 2, 44: aera tinnitu, Quint. 11, 3, 31: vocem auribus, speciem oculis, id. ib. 18: aliquid sapore, Col. 2, 2, 20.
        3. (γ) With accus.: suos et alienos, Col. 8, 5, 7: vera bona, Juv. 10, 2: veri speciem, Pers. 5, 105.
        4. (δ) With rel. clause: dinoscere Quid solidum crepet, etc., Pers. 5, 24.
          (ε) Absol.: inter se similes, vix ut dinoscere possis, Ov. M. 13, 835; Suet. Oth. 12.