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Latin
Etymology
From nesciō (“not to know”), equivalent to ne- + scius, the latter more likely a backformation itself. Compare inscius.
Pronunciation
Adjective
nescius (feminine nescia, neuter nescium); first/second-declension adjective
- not knowing, unknowing, in ignorance, ignorant, unaware, untaught
- Synonyms: ignārus, ignōrāns, īnscius, nesciēns, expers
- Antonyms: cōnsciēns, cognōscēns, cōnscius, scius, sciēns
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.71-72:
- pāstor agēns tēlīs, līquitque volātile ferrum / nescius; .
- and the shepherd, driving in darts, has departed from his flying weapon, unaware; .
(In the simile comparing Dido falling in love to a deer struck by an arrow, at first Aeneas — i.e., the archer — does not know what has happened.)
- (passive voice) unknown
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “nescius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nescius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nescius 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)