sciens

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Latin

Etymology

    Present active participle of sciō (I can, know, understand).

    Participle

    sciēns (genitive scientis, comparative scientior, superlative scientissimus, adverb scienter); third-declension one-termination participle

    1. knowing, understanding
    2. conscious, aware
      Synonyms: cōnsciēns, cognōscēns, cōnscius, scius
      Antonyms: ignārus, nescius, ignōrāns, īnscius, nesciēns, expers
    3. knowledgeable, skilled
    4. (figuratively, of a woman) having sexual relations with a man.
    5. (adjective equivalent to an adverb) knowingly, purposely, consciously

    Declension

    Third-declension participle.

    singular plural
    masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
    nominative sciēns scientēs scientia
    genitive scientis scientium
    dative scientī scientibus
    accusative scientem sciēns scientēs
    scientīs
    scientia
    ablative sciente
    scientī1
    scientibus
    vocative sciēns scientēs scientia

    1When used purely as an adjective.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    • sciens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • sciens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • sciens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
      • a good Latin scholar: bene latine doctus or sciens
      • (ambiguous) to acquire knowledge of a subject: scientia comprehendere aliquid
      • (ambiguous) to enrich a person's knowledge: scientia augere aliquem
      • (ambiguous) logic, dialectic: dialectica (-ae or -orum) (pure Latin disserendi ratio et scientia)
      • (ambiguous) geographical knowledge: regionum terrestrium aut maritimarum scientia

    Middle English

    Noun

    sciens

    1. Alternative form of science