sciens

Latin edit

Present active participle of sciō (“I can, know, understand”).

sciēns (genitive scientis, comparative scientior, superlative scientissimus, adverb scienter); third-declension one-termination participle

knowing, understanding
conscious, aware
Synonyms: cōnsciēns, cognōscēns, cōnscius, scius

Antonyms: ignārus, nescius, ignōrāns, īnscius, nesciēns, expers
knowledgeable, skilled
(figuratively, of a woman) having sexual relations with a man.
(adjective equivalent to an adverb) knowingly, purposely, consciously
- c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon 2.2.661:
  An ille me tentat sciens?
  Is he purposely testing me?

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	sciēns		scientēs	scientia
Genitive	scientis		scientium
Dative	scientī		scientibus
Accusative	scientem	sciēns	scientēs scientīs	scientia
Ablative	sciente scientī¹		scientibus
Vocative	sciēns		scientēs	scientia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

“sciens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“sciens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
sciens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a good Latin scholar: bene latine doctus or sciens
- (ambiguous) to acquire knowledge of a subject: scientia comprehendere aliquid
- (ambiguous) to enrich a person's knowledge: scientia augere aliquem
- (ambiguous) logic, dialectic: dialectica (-ae or -orum) (pure Latin disserendi ratio et scientia)
- (ambiguous) geographical knowledge: regionum terrestrium aut maritimarum scientia

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