ignotus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iɡˈnoː.tus/, [ɪŋˈnoːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iɲˈɲo.tus/, [iɲˈɲɔːt̪us]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of ignōscō. Compare Ancient Greek ἄγνωτος (ágnōtos).

Participle

ignōtus (feminine ignōta, neuter ignōtum); first/second-declension participle

1. forgiven

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ignōtus	ignōta	ignōtum		ignōtī	ignōtae	ignōta
genitive	ignōtī	ignōtae	ignōtī		ignōtōrum	ignōtārum	ignōtōrum
dative	ignōtō	ignōtae	ignōtō		ignōtīs
accusative	ignōtum	ignōtam	ignōtum		ignōtōs	ignōtās	ignōta
ablative	ignōtō	ignōtā	ignōtō		ignōtīs
vocative	ignōte	ignōta	ignōtum		ignōtī	ignōtae	ignōta

Etymology 2

From in- +‎ (g)nōtus.

Adjective

ignōtus (feminine ignōta, neuter ignōtum, comparative ignōtior, superlative ignōtissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. unknown, foreign, alien
2. strange, odd, weird
3. unacquainted with; ignorant of

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ignōtus	ignōta	ignōtum		ignōtī	ignōtae	ignōta
genitive	ignōtī	ignōtae	ignōtī		ignōtōrum	ignōtārum	ignōtōrum
dative	ignōtō	ignōtae	ignōtō		ignōtīs
accusative	ignōtum	ignōtam	ignōtum		ignōtōs	ignōtās	ignōta
ablative	ignōtō	ignōtā	ignōtō		ignōtīs
vocative	ignōte	ignōta	ignōtum		ignōtī	ignōtae	ignōta

Descendants

• Catalan: ignot
• Galician: ignoto
• Italian: ignoto
• Portuguese: ignoto
• Spanish: ignoto

References

• “ignotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ignotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ignotus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert
    

Anagrams

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