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Latin
Etymology
From in- + cognitus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
incognitus (feminine incognita, neuter incognitum); first/second-declension adjective
- unknown
- Synonym: ignōtus
- Antonyms: nōtus, cognitus
- untried, untested
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “incognitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “incognitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- incognitus 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)
- incognitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- without any examination: incognita causa (cf. sect. XV. 3, indicta causa)
- incognitus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016