insciens
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.ski.ens/, [ˈĩːs̠kiẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈin.ʃi.ens/, [ˈin̠ʲʃiens]
Adjective edit
īnsciēns (genitive īnscientis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- unknowing
- ignorant, stupid
- (adjective equivalent to an adverb) ignorantly, unknowingly
Declension edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | īnsciēns | īnscientēs | īnscientia | ||
| Genitive | īnscientis | īnscientium | |||
| Dative | īnscientī | īnscientibus | |||
| Accusative | īnscientem | īnsciēns | īnscientēs | īnscientia | |
| Ablative | īnscientī | īnscientibus | |||
| Vocative | īnsciēns | īnscientēs | īnscientia | ||
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- īnscienter (“ignorantly, unknowingly”)
Descendants edit
- Portuguese: insciente
References edit
- “insciens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “insciens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- insciens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.