nescius
Latin
Etymology
From nesciō (“not to know”), equivalent to ne- + scius, the latter more likely a backformation itself. Compare inscius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnes.ki.us/, [ˈnɛs̠kiʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈneʃ.ʃi.us/, [ˈnɛʃːius]
Adjective
nescius (feminine nescia, neuter nescium); first/second-declension adjective
- unknowing, ignorant, unaware
- Synonyms: ignārus, ignōrāns, īnscius, nesciēns, expers
- Antonyms: cōnsciēns, cognōscēns, cōnscius, scius, sciēns
- (passive) unknown
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | nescius | nescia | nescium | nesciī | nesciae | nescia | |
Genitive | nesciī | nesciae | nesciī | nesciōrum | nesciārum | nesciōrum | |
Dative | nesciō | nesciō | nesciīs | ||||
Accusative | nescium | nesciam | nescium | nesciōs | nesciās | nescia | |
Ablative | nesciō | nesciā | nesciō | nesciīs | |||
Vocative | nescie | nescia | nescium | nesciī | nesciae | nescia |
Derived terms
- nescium
Descendants
- Asturian: neciu, ñeciu
- Catalan: neci, nici
- Old French: nice, niche, nisce
- English: nice
- French: nice
- Galician: necio
- Italian: nescio
- Ligurian: néscio
- Occitan: nèci
- Portuguese: néscio
- Old Spanish: nesçio
- Spanish: necio
References
- “nescius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nescius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nescius 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)