ignarus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *engnāros. Equivalent to in- (“un-”) +‎ gnārus (“knowing”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /iɡˈnaː.rus/, [ɪŋˈnäːrʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iɲˈɲa.rus/, [iɲˈɲäːrus]

Adjective

ignārus (feminine ignāra, neuter ignārum, comparative ignārior, superlative ignārissimus); first/second-declension adjective

ignorant, unaware, not knowing
Synonyms: nescius, ignōrāns, īnscius, nesciēns, expers

Antonyms: cōnsciēns, cognōscēns, cōnscius, scius, sciēns
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.198:
  “neque enim ignārī sumus ante malōrum”
  “neither indeed are we unaware of earlier misfortunes”
incapable, incompetent, unable
Synonym: hospes

Antonym: gnārus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	ignārus	ignāra	ignārum	ignārī	ignārae	ignāra
Genitive	ignārī	ignārae	ignārī	ignārōrum	ignārārum	ignārōrum
Dative	ignārō	ignārae	ignārō	ignārīs
Accusative	ignārum	ignāram	ignārum	ignārōs	ignārās	ignāra
Ablative	ignārō	ignārā	ignārō	ignārīs
Vocative	ignāre	ignāra	ignārum	ignārī	ignārae	ignāra

Descendants

French: ignare
Galician: ignaro
Italian: ignaro
- → English: ignaro
Spanish: ignaro

References

ignarus in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
“ignarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ignarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
ignarus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- I know very well: non sum ignarus, nescius (not non sum inscius)
Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

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