incognitus

Latin

Etymology

From in- + cognitus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈkoɡ.ni.tus/, [ɪŋˈkɔŋ.nɪ.tʊs]

Adjective

incognitus (feminine incognita, neuter incognitum); first/second declension

1. unknown
2. untried, untested

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	incognitus	incognita	incognitum		incognitī	incognitae	incognita
genitive	incognitī	incognitae	incognitī		incognitōrum	incognitārum	incognitōrum
dative	incognitō		incognitō		incognitīs
accusative	incognitum	incognitam	incognitum		incognitōs	incognitās	incognita
ablative	incognitō	incognitā	incognitō		incognitīs
vocative	incognite	incognita	incognitum		incognitī	incognitae	incognita

Derived terms

• terra austrālis incognita

References

• incognitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• incognitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “incognitus”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “incognitus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • without any examination: incognita causa (cf. sect. XV. 3, indicta causa)
    
• incognitus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016