ignotus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iɡˈnoː.tus/, [ɪŋˈnoːt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iɲˈɲo.tus/, [iɲˈɲɔːt̪us]
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of ignōscō. Compare Ancient Greek ἄγνωτος (ágnōtos).
Participle
ignōtus (feminine ignōta, neuter ignōtum); first/second-declension participle
- forgiven
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ignōtus | ignōta | ignōtum | ignōtī | ignōtae | ignōta | |
| Genitive | ignōtī | ignōtae | ignōtī | ignōtōrum | ignōtārum | ignōtōrum | |
| Dative | ignōtō | ignōtō | ignōtīs | ||||
| Accusative | ignōtum | ignōtam | ignōtum | ignōtōs | ignōtās | ignōta | |
| Ablative | ignōtō | ignōtā | ignōtō | ignōtīs | |||
| Vocative | ignōte | ignōta | ignōtum | ignōtī | ignōtae | ignōta | |
Etymology 2
From in- + (g)nōtus.
Adjective
ignōtus (feminine ignōta, neuter ignōtum, comparative ignōtior, superlative ignōtissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- unknown, foreign, alien
- strange, odd, weird
- unacquainted with; ignorant of
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ignōtus | ignōta | ignōtum | ignōtī | ignōtae | ignōta | |
| Genitive | ignōtī | ignōtae | ignōtī | ignōtōrum | ignōtārum | ignōtōrum | |
| Dative | ignōtō | ignōtō | ignōtīs | ||||
| Accusative | ignōtum | ignōtam | ignōtum | ignōtōs | ignōtās | ignōta | |
| Ablative | ignōtō | ignōtā | ignōtō | ignōtīs | |||
| Vocative | ignōte | ignōta | ignōtum | ignōtī | ignōtae | ignōta | |
Descendants
- Catalan: ignot
- Galician: ignoto
- Italian: ignoto
- Portuguese: ignoto
- Spanish: ignoto
References
- “ignotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ignotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ignotus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert
- the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert
Anagrams
- stinguō