insciens

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ sciēns.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.ski.ens/, [ˈĩːs̠kiẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.ʃi.ens/, [ˈin̠ʲʃiens]

Adjective

īnsciēns (genitive īnscientis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. unknowing
2. ignorant, stupid
3. (adjective equivalent to an adverb) ignorantly, unknowingly

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	īnsciēns			īnscientēs	īnscientia
Genitive	īnscientis			īnscientium
Dative	īnscientī			īnscientibus
Accusative	īnscientem	īnsciēns		īnscientēs	īnscientia
Ablative	īnscientī			īnscientibus
Vocative	īnsciēns			īnscientēs	īnscientia

Derived terms

• īnscientia

Related terms

• īnscienter (“ignorantly, unknowingly”)

Descendants

• Portuguese: insciente

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.