inscientia

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Latin

Etymology 1

From insciens +‎ -ia.

Noun

īnscientia f (genitive īnscientiae); first declension

  1. ignorance
  2. inexperience
Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants
  • Portuguese: insciência

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

īnscientia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of īnsciēns

References

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