ignorantia

Latin

Etymology

From ignōrāns (“ignoring, ignorant”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iɡ.noːˈran.ti.a/, [ɪŋnoːˈrän̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iɲ.ɲoˈran.t͡si.a/, [iɲːoˈränt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

ignōrantia f (genitive ignōrantiae); first declension

1. ignorance
2. want of knowledge or information

   Antonyms: scientia, cognitiō, sapientia, ērudītiō

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ignōrantia	ignōrantiae
Genitive	ignōrantiae	ignōrantiārum
Dative	ignōrantiae	ignōrantiīs
Accusative	ignōrantiam	ignōrantiās
Ablative	ignōrantiā	ignōrantiīs
Vocative	ignōrantia	ignōrantiae

Related terms

• ignōrāns
• ignōrō

Descendants

• Albanian: injorancë
• Aragonese: ignorancia
• Asturian: inoranza, inorancia
• Catalan: enyorança, anyorança, ignorància
• Dutch: ignorantie
• Emilian: ignuranza
• English: ignorance (borrowed into Middle English from Old French)
• Franco-Provençal: ignorance
• French: ignorance
• Friulian: gnorance
• Galician: ignorancia
• German: Ignoranz
• Istriot: ignuransa
• Italian: ignoranza
• Ladin: ignoranza
• Neapolitan: gnuranza
• Occitan: ignorància
• Old French: ignorance
• Piedmontese: ignoransa
• Polish: ignorancja
• Portuguese: ignorância
• Romanian: ignoranță
• Romansch: ignoranza
• Spanish: ignorancia
• Swedish: ignorans
• Walloon: ignoranss

References

• “ignorantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ignorantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ignorantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.