scio
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scio (uncountable, accusative scion)
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scio
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *skijō, from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to distinguish, dissect”). Related to secō (“to cut off”), signum (“a sign”), Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) and English shit.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈski.oː/, [ˈs̠kioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.o/, [ˈʃiːo]
Verb edit
sciō (present infinitive scīre, perfect active scīvī or sciī, supine scītum); fourth conjugation, no imperative
- to be able to, to know (how to do), understand, to have practical knowledge
- (euphemistic) to know carnally
Conjugation edit
- Used with adverb, accusative, or ablative
- The third and fourth principal parts are shared with scīscō.
- The regular present imperatives, scī and scīte, are almost never encountered, with the regular second person future imperative forms scītō and scītōte being used instead.
- Irregular forms are commonly encountered in early Latin, especially in the imperfect and future tenses.
- syncopated perfect forms: scīsse (= scīvisse), scīstī (= scīvistī), scīrint (= scīverint)
- archaic imperfect forms: scībam, scībās, scībat, *scībāmus, scībātis, scībant (= sciēbam etc.)
- archaic future forms: scībō, scībis, scībit, scībimus, *scībitis, scībunt (= sciam etc.), passive scībitur
- Contraction scīn (or scīn') for scīsne (scīs + -ne)
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- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: ischire
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References edit
- “scio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “scio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- I know for a fact: certo (certe) scio (Arch. 12. 32)
- I know very well: probe scio, non ignoro
- as far as I know: quantum scio
- as far as I know: quod sciam
- we know from experience: experti scimus, didicimus
- to have received a liberal education: litteras scire
- to know Latin: latinam linguam scire or didicisse
- to know Latin: latine scire
- I know for a fact: certo (certe) scio (Arch. 12. 32)