indoctus

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Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ doctus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

indoctus (feminine indocta, neuter indoctum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. untaught
  2. unlearned, ignorant, untrained
    Indocti discant, et ament meminisse periti.
    Let the unlearned learn and let the learned delight to remember.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • indoctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • indoctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • indoctus 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)
  • indoctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.