noun · femininefirst declension
īnsipientia
īnsipientia f (genitive īnsipientiae)
Meaning
- foolishness
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnsipientia | īnsipientiae |
| genitive | īnsipientiae | īnsipientiārum |
| dative | īnsipientiae | īnsipientiīs |
| accusative | īnsipientiam | īnsipientiās |
| ablative | īnsipientiā | īnsipientiīs |
| vocative | īnsipientia | īnsipientiae |
insĭpĭentĭa, ae, f. insipiens,
I. want of wisdom, senselessness, folly (class.):
ita fit, ut sapientia sanitas sit animi, insipientia autem quasi insanitas quaedam, quae est insania eademque dementia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10; 3, 28, 68; Plaut. Am. prol. 36; id. Mil. 3, 3, 5; id. Poen. 5, 2, 130.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
īnsipientia ae, f
insipiens, unwisdom, folly: animi.
Origins
From insipiēns + -ia. Compare īnsipidus.
In English words that came into English from īnsipientia
- insipienceīnsipientia