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Latin
Etymology
From in- + sciēns.
Pronunciation
Adjective
īnsciēns (genitive īnscientis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- unknowing
- ignorant, stupid
- (adjective equivalent to an adverb) ignorantly, unknowingly
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “insciens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “insciens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- insciens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.