scienter

English

Etymology

From Latin scienter (“knowingly”), from sciō (“know”).

Adverb

scienter (not comparable)

(law) deliberately, knowingly

Noun

scienter (uncountable)

(law) knowledge of one's own illegal acts; intent

Anagrams

centries, enterics, enticers, in secret, incester, rentices, secretin

Latin

Etymology

From sciō (“know”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /skiˈen.ter/, [s̠kiˈɛn̪t̪ɛr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈen.ter/, [ʃiˈɛn̪t̪er]

Adverb

scienter (comparative scientius, superlative scientissimē)

Antonyms

īnscienter (“ignorantly, unknowingly”)

Related terms

Descendants

French: sciemment

References

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

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