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nescionormalized · nescio7 analyses · 3 lemmas
Lemma 1nescio, nescire, nescivi, nescitus
verb
to not know (how); to be ignorant/unfamiliar/unaware/unacquainted/unable/unwilling
Morphology1 analysis
present indicative active 1st singularnesc + io · regular
Lewis & Short
ne-scĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4,
a., not to know, to be ignorant ( ignoro). — With and — With alone.
Nescio quis, nescio quid, nescio quomodo, nescio an, used in an assertion to express uncertainty with regard to some particular contained in it; and usually without influencing the mood of the following verb: nescio quis, I know not who, some one, somebody, a certain person: nescio quid, I know not what, something, some, a certain; in affected ignorance, to denote that a thing is insignificant, small, mean, : nescio quid praeclarum, remarkable or extraordinary excellence; nescio an, I know not whether, probably, perhaps; the art. an.
Not to know, to be unacquainted with a person or thing (mostly ).
Not to understand; to be unable.
To be incapable. — Hence, nescĭens, entis, P. a., unknowing, ignorant, unaware ( nescius). — Hence, : nescĭenter, unknowingly, ignorantly.
Lemma 2nēscĭus
adjective
unaware, not knowing, ignorant
Morphology4 analyses
masculine dative singularnesci + o · regular
masculine ablative singularnesci + o · regular
neuter dative singularnesci + o · regular
neuter ablative singularnesci + o · regular
Lewis & Short
nescĭus, a, um, [ne-scio]
unknowing, ignorant, unaware (: inscius, ignarus). — With — With de. — With a rel.-clause. — With a preced. neg. — With
Not knowing how, not understanding, unable; with ().
, not known, unknown rare. — As : nescĭum, ĭi, , an unknown thing, a piece of ignorance; neque nescium habebat, Anteium invisum Neroni, nor was he ignorant.
Lemma 3nēscĭum
nounneuter
Morphology2 analyses
dative singularnesci + o · regular
ablative singularnesci + o · regular
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