nesciens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of nesciō.

Participle

nesciēns (genitive nescientis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. not knowing

   Synonyms: ignārus, nescius, ignōrāns, īnscius, expers

   Antonyms: cōnsciēns, cognōscēns, cōnscius, scius, sciēns

2. being ignorant of

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	nesciēns			nescientēs	nescientia
genitive	nescientis			nescientium
dative	nescientī			nescientibus
accusative	nescientem	nesciēns		nescientēs nescientīs	nescientia
ablative	nesciente nescientī1			nescientibus
vocative	nesciēns			nescientēs	nescientia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Italian: nesciente
• → English: nescient

References

• “nesciens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nesciens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “nesciens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.