LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

īnsciēns

īnsciēns (genitive īnscientis)
Classical[ˈĩː.ski.ẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈin̠ʲ.ʃi.ens]

Meaning

  1. one terminationunknowing
  2. one terminationignorant, stupid
  3. one terminationignorantly, unknowingly

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeīnsciēnsīnsciēnsīnsciēns
genitiveīnscientisīnscientisīnscientis
dativeīnscientīīnscientīīnscientī
accusativeīnscientemīnscientemīnsciēns
ablativeīnscientī
īnsciente		īnscientī
īnsciente		īnscientī
īnsciente
vocativeīnsciēnsīnsciēnsīnsciēns
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeīnscientēsīnscientēsīnscientia
genitiveīnscientiumīnscientiumīnscientium
dativeīnscientibusīnscientibusīnscientibus
accusativeīnscientīs
īnscientēs		īnscientīs
īnscientēs		īnscientia
ablativeīnscientibusīnscientibusīnscientibus
vocativeīnscientēsīnscientēsīnscientia

in-scĭens, entis, adj.,
I. unknowing.
I. Without knowledge, unaware: si peccavi, insciens feci, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 19: nihil me insciente esse factum, without my knowing it, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 3: saepe jam Plus insciens quis fecit quam prudens boni, Plaut. Capt. prol. 45; cf. sq.: me apsente atque insciente, id. Trin. 1, 2, 130: utrum inscientem vultis contra foedera fecisse, an scientem? Cic. Balb. 5, 13.— With de and abl.: de eorum verbis, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 178 al.—
II. Ignorant, stupid, silly: abi, sis, insciens, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 9. — Hence, adv.: inscĭenter, unknowingly, ignorantly, stupidly: facere, Cic. Top. 8, 32: tuba inflata, Liv. 25, 10, 4. — Sup.: interpretari, Hyg. Astr. 2, 12.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinīnsciēns

Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Latin īnsciēns From in- + sciēns.

Descendants
  • Italianinsciente
  • Portugueseinsciente

Quick answers

What does īnsciēns mean in Latin?
īnsciēns, a adjective, means “unknowing; ignorant, stupid; ignorantly, unknowingly”.
How do you pronounce īnsciēns?
In classical Latin, [ˈĩː.ski.ẽːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈin̠ʲ.ʃi.ens].
Where does īnsciēns come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin īnsciēns.