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Latin
Etymology
From ignōrāns (“ignoring, ignorant”) + -ia.
Pronunciation
Noun
ignōrantia f (genitive ignōrantiae); first declension
- ignorance
- want of knowledge or information
- Antonyms: scientia, cognitiō, sapientia, ērudītiō
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “ignorantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ignorantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ignorantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.