nescio
See also: néscio
Latin
Etymology
From Latin ne- (“not”) + sciō (“I know”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnes.ki.oː/, [ˈnɛs̠kioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈneʃ.ʃi.o/, [ˈnɛʃːio]
Verb
nesciō (present infinitive nescīre, perfect active nescīvī or nesciī, supine nescītum); fourth conjugation
- I cannot, I do not know, I am ignorant, I do not understand.
- From For Marcus Caelius by Cicero (Latin and English translation may be found here, also English and Latin on Wikisource)
- Quae tu quoniam mente nescio qua effrenata atque praecipiti in forum deferri iudiciumque voluisti, aut diluas oportet ac falsa esse doceas aut nihil neque crimini tuo neque testimonio credendum esse fateare.
- And as for you, since, through some unbridled and headlong fury which I cannot comprehend you have chosen these things to be brought into court, and dilated on at this trial, you must either efface the charges yourself, and show that they are without foundation, or else you must confess that no credit is to be given to any accusations which you may make, or to any evidence which you may give.
- Quae tu quoniam mente nescio qua effrenata atque praecipiti in forum deferri iudiciumque voluisti, aut diluas oportet ac falsa esse doceas aut nihil neque crimini tuo neque testimonio credendum esse fateare.
- (Carl von Linné, Critica botanica).
- Nōmina sī nescīs, perit et cognitio rērum.
- If you do not know names, the knowledge of the things is also lost.
- Nōmina sī nescīs, perit et cognitio rērum.
- From For Marcus Caelius by Cicero (Latin and English translation may be found here, also English and Latin on Wikisource)
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (I don't know): ignōrō
Descendants
References
- “nescio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nescio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nescio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- by some chance or other: nescio quo casu (with Indic.)
- an anonymous writer: nescio quis
- the book is attributed to an unknown writer: liber refertur ad nescio quem auctorem
- by some chance or other: nescio quo casu (with Indic.)
Ligurian
Noun
nescio
- Alternative form of nesciu
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- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
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