inscius
Latin
Etymology
From in- + scius. Compare nescius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.ski.us/, [ˈĩːs̠kiʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈin.ʃi.us/, [ˈin̠ʲʃius]
Adjective
īnscius (feminine īnscia, neuter īnscium); first/second-declension adjective
- ignorant (not knowing); unaware
- Synonyms: ignārus, nescius, ignōrāns, nesciēns, expers
- Antonyms: cōnsciēns, cognōscēns, cōnscius, scius, sciēns
- unskilled
- (passive) unknown
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | īnscius | īnscia | īnscium | īnsciī | īnsciae | īnscia | |
| Genitive | īnsciī | īnsciae | īnsciī | īnsciōrum | īnsciārum | īnsciōrum | |
| Dative | īnsciō | īnsciō | īnsciīs | ||||
| Accusative | īnscium | īnsciam | īnscium | īnsciōs | īnsciās | īnscia | |
| Ablative | īnsciō | īnsciā | īnsciō | īnsciīs | |||
| Vocative | īnscie | īnscia | īnscium | īnsciī | īnsciae | īnscia | |
Descendants
- Portuguese: ínscio
References
- “inscius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inscius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inscius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- inscius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- I know very well: non sum ignarus, nescius (not non sum inscius)
- I know very well: non sum ignarus, nescius (not non sum inscius)