incognitus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti

Proto-Italic *gnōskō

Latin gnōscō

Latin gnōscō

Latin cognōscō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin cognitus

Latin incognitus

From in- + cognitus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪŋˈkɔŋ.nɪ.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iŋˈkɔɲ.ɲi.tus]

Adjective

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

1. unknown

   Synonym: ignōtus

   Antonyms: nōtus, cognitus

2. untried, untested

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	incognitus	incognita	incognitum		incognitī	incognitae	incognita
genitive	incognitī	incognitae	incognitī		incognitōrum	incognitārum	incognitōrum
dative	incognitō	incognitae	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

Descendants

• → Catalan: incògnit
• → English: incognito
• → Galician: incógnito
• → Italian: incognito
• → Portuguese: incógnito
• → Spanish: incógnito

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
• "incognitus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “incognitus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016