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.

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.

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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