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Latin
Etymology
From in- + scius. Compare nescius.
Pronunciation
Adjective
īnscius (feminine īnscia, neuter īnscium); first/second-declension adjective
- ignorant (not knowing); unaware
- Synonyms: ignārus, nescius, ignōrāns, nesciēns, expers
- Antonyms: cōnsciēns, cognōscēns, cōnscius, scius, sciēns
- unskilled
- (passive voice) unknown
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “inscius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inscius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inscius 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)
- inscius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- I know very well: non sum ignarus, nescius (not non sum inscius)