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English term or phrase:
Know the enemy
Latin translation:
nosce hostem/nosce inimicum
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nosce hostem/nosce inimicum
Or 'noscite hostem' if you are addresing more than one person. 'Hostem' means a public enemy, 'inimicum' means a personal enemy.
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Note added at 13 hrs (2008-05-19 03:15:37 GMT) Post-grading
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'Scio' is used of knowing facts, 'nosco', which is more common in past tenses but with present meaning, is used of knowing persons. 'Teneo', in the sense of 'consider, regard, hold'' is used of both facts and persons.
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Note added at 13 hrs (2008-05-19 03:15:37 GMT) Post-grading
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'Scio' is used of knowing facts, 'nosco', which is more common in past tenses but with present meaning, is used of knowing persons. 'Teneo', in the sense of 'consider, regard, hold'' is used of both facts and persons.
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Comment: "Thanks, although being a military motto - ie know your enemy for the purposes of intelligence... is is scio or teneo more appropriate?"
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