nescio
See also: néscio
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From ne- + scio. Akin to Latin nescius (“ignorant”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nescio (accusative singular nescion, plural nescioj, accusative plural nesciojn)
- ignorance
- Synonyms: malinteligento, malinteligenteco, malsaĝo, malsagêco, stulto, stulteco
Related terms edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nescio (feminine nescia, masculine plural nesci, feminine plural nescie or nesce)
Further reading edit
- nescio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ne- (“not”) + sciō (“I know”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnes.ki.oː/, [ˈnɛs̠kioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈneʃ.ʃi.o/, [ˈnɛʃːio]
Verb edit
nesciō (present infinitive nescīre, perfect active nescīvī or nesciī, supine nescītum); fourth conjugation
- to not know, to be ignorant, to not understand
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.255–256:
- sed quae nescieram, quōrumque errōre tenēbar,
cognita sunt nūllō praecipiente mihi.- But [those things] of which I had not known, as well as those I misunderstood, were [suddenly] known to me without anyone having taught [them to me].
(The poet receives divine enlightenment during an encounter with Vesta (mythology); see also Vestalia.)
- But [those things] of which I had not known, as well as those I misunderstood, were [suddenly] known to me without anyone having taught [them to me].
- sed quae nescieram, quōrumque errōre tenēbar,
- From For Marcus Caelius by Cicero (Latin and English translation may be found here, also English and Latin on Wikisource)
- Quae tu quoniam mente nescio qua effrenata atque praecipiti in forum deferri iudiciumque voluisti, aut diluas oportet ac falsa esse doceas aut nihil neque crimini tuo neque testimonio credendum esse fateare.
- And as for you, since, through some unbridled and headlong fury which I cannot comprehend you have chosen these things to be brought into court, and dilated on at this trial, you must either efface the charges yourself, and show that they are without foundation, or else you must confess that no credit is to be given to any accusations which you may make, or to any evidence which you may give.
- Quae tu quoniam mente nescio qua effrenata atque praecipiti in forum deferri iudiciumque voluisti, aut diluas oportet ac falsa esse doceas aut nihil neque crimini tuo neque testimonio credendum esse fateare.
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
- Aromanian: nishti
- → English: nescient
- Italian: nesci
- Megleno-Romanian: niști
- Romanian: nești, neștine, niște, niscai
References edit
- “nescio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nescio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nescio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- by some chance or other: nescio quo casu (with Indic.)
- an anonymous writer: nescio quis
- the book is attributed to an unknown writer: liber refertur ad nescio quem auctorem
- by some chance or other: nescio quo casu (with Indic.)
Ligurian edit
Noun edit
nescio
- Alternative form of nesciu
Spanish edit
Adjective edit
nescio (feminine nescia, masculine plural nescios, feminine plural nescias)
Further reading edit
- “nescio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014