LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

īnscientia

īnscientia f (genitive īnscientiae)

Meaning

  1. ignorance
  2. inexperience

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeīnscientiaīnscientiae
genitiveīnscientiaeīnscientiārum
dativeīnscientiaeīnscientiīs
accusativeīnscientiamīnscientiās
ablativeīnscientiāīnscientiīs
vocativeīnscientiaīnscientiae

in-scĭentĭa, ae, f.
I. Want of knowledge, ignorance, inexperience (cf. inscitia init.): in tantis tenebris erroris et inscientiae, Cic. Sull. 14, 40: mea, id. de Or. 1, 46, 203: alicujus, id. ib. 3, 35, 142; id. Ac. 2, 47, 146.—With gen.
(a). Subj.: vulgi, Caes. B. G. 7, 43, 3: hostium, id. ib. 3, 19, 3: temeritas et inscientia ducum, Liv. 22, 25, 12.—
(b). Obj.: locorum, Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 3: belli, Nep. Epam. 7: dicendi, Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 233.—
II. Ignorance, philosophically speaking; opp. fundamental knowledge: de qua (natura Deorum) tam variae sunt doctissimorum hominum tamque discrepantes sententiae, ut magno argumento esse debeat, causam, i. e. principium philosophiae esse inscientiam, Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 1; id. Ac. 1, 11, 41.—
III. Blameworthy ignorance, neglect (only in Tac.; cf. inscitia): praecipientium, Tac. Or. 28: desidia ac inscientia, id. ib. 33.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Latin insciens Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin īnscientia From insciens + -ia.

Descendants
  • Italianinscienza
  • Portugueseinsciência

Quick answers

What does īnscientia mean in Latin?
īnscientia, a noun, means “ignorance; inexperience”.
What is the genitive of īnscientia?
The genitive singular is īnscientiae. īnscientia is feminine, first declension.
Where does īnscientia come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin īnscientia.