inscius

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ scius. Compare nescius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.ski.us/, [ˈĩːs̠kiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.ʃi.us/, [ˈin̠ʲʃius]

Adjective

īnscius (feminine īnscia, neuter īnscium); first/second-declension adjective

1. ignorant (not knowing); unaware

   Synonyms: ignārus, nescius, ignōrāns, nesciēns, expers

   Antonyms: cōnsciēns, cognōscēns, cōnscius, scius, sciēns

2. unskilled
3. (passive voice) unknown

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	īnscius	īnscia	īnscium		īnsciī	īnsciae	īnscia
genitive	īnsciī	īnsciae	īnsciī		īnsciōrum	īnsciārum	īnsciōrum
dative	īnsciō	īnsciae	īnsciō		īnsciīs
accusative	īnscium	īnsciam	īnscium		īnsciōs	īnsciās	īnscia
ablative	īnsciō	īnsciā	īnsciō		īnsciīs
vocative	īnscie	īnscia	īnscium		īnsciī	īnsciae	īnscia

Descendants

• Portuguese: ínscio

References

• “inscius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “inscius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inscius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• inscius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I know very well: non sum ignarus, nescius (not non sum inscius)