nesciens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of nesciō.

Participle

nesciēns (genitive nescientis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. not knowing

   Synonyms: ignārus, nescius, ignōrāns, īnscius, expers

   Antonyms: cōnsciēns, cognōscēns, cōnscius, scius, sciēns

2. being ignorant of

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	nesciēns			nescientēs	nescientia
Genitive	nescientis			nescientium
Dative	nescientī			nescientibus
Accusative	nescientem	nesciēns		nescientēs nescientīs	nescientia
Ablative	nesciente nescientī1			nescientibus
Vocative	nesciēns			nescientēs	nescientia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Italian: nesciente
• → English: nescient

References

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