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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *engnāros. Equivalent to in- (“un-”) + gnārus (“knowing”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ignārus (feminine ignāra, neuter ignārum, comparative ignārior, superlative ignārissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- ignorant, unaware, not knowing
- Synonyms: nescius, ignōrāns, īnscius, nesciēns, expers
- Antonyms: cōnsciēns, cognōscēns, cōnscius, scius, sciēns
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 1.198:
- “neque enim ignārī sumus ante malōrum”
- “neither indeed are we unaware of earlier misfortunes”
- incapable, incompetent, unable
- Synonym: hospes
- Antonym: gnārus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- ignarus in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
- “ignarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ignarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ignarus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- I know very well: non sum ignarus, nescius (not non sum inscius)
- Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.