scius

See also: sciùs

Esperanto

Verb

scius

1. conditional of scii

Latin

Etymology

From sciō, or as a back-formation from nescius (“ignorant”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈski.us/, [ˈs̠kiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.us/, [ˈʃiːus]

Adjective

scius (feminine scia, neuter scium); first/second-declension adjective

1. knowing, cognizant

   Synonyms: cōnsciēns, cognōscēns, cōnscius, sciēns

   Antonyms: ignārus, ignōrāns, īnscius, nesciēns, nescius, expers

2. [with genitive ‘about something’; or with ablative gerund ‘about doing something’] knowledgeable

   Synonyms: gnārus, doctus, perītus, sapiēns

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	scius	scia	scium		sciī	sciae	scia
Genitive	sciī	sciae	sciī		sciōrum	sciārum	sciōrum
Dative	sciō		sciō		sciīs
Accusative	scium	sciam	scium		sciōs	sciās	scia
Ablative	sciō	sciā	sciō		sciīs
Vocative	scie	scia	scium		sciī	sciae	scia

Derived terms

• cōnscius
• īnscius
• multiscius
• nescius
• sciolus

References

• “scius” on page 1882 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• “scius” in Forcellini E., Lexicon Totius Latinitatis

Further reading

• “scius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “scius”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]