ignotus

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Latin

Pronunciation

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.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ignōtus ignōta ignōtum ignōtī ignōtae ignōta
Genitive ignōtī ignōtae ignōtī ignōtōrum ignōtārum ignōtōrum
Dative ignōtō 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.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ignōtus ignōta ignōtum ignōtī ignōtae ignōta
Genitive ignōtī ignōtae ignōtī ignōtōrum ignōtārum ignōtōrum
Dative ignōtō 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert

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