ignotus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪŋˈnoː.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iɲˈɲɔː.tus]
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of ignōscō. Compare Ancient Greek ἄγνωτος (ágnōtos).
Participle
ignōtus (feminine ignōta, neuter ignōtum); first/second-declension participle
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | ignōtus | ignōta | ignōtum | ignōtī | ignōtae | ignōta | |
| genitive | ignōtī | ignōtae | ignōtī | ignōtōrum | ignōtārum | ignōtōrum | |
| dative | ignōtō | ignōtae | ignōtō | ignōtīs | |||
| accusative | ignōtum | ignōtam | ignōtum | ignōtōs | ignōtās | ignōta | |
| ablative | ignōtō | ignōtā | ignōtō | ignōtīs | |||
| vocative | ignōte | ignōta | ignōtum | ignōtī | ignōtae | ignōta | |
Etymology 2
Adjective
ignōtus (feminine ignōta, neuter ignōtum, comparative ignōtior, superlative ignōtissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- unknown, foreign, alien
- strange, odd, weird
- unacquainted or unfamiliar with; ignorant of
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 4.24:
- […] mīlitibus autem — ignōtīs locīs, impedītīs manibus, māgnō et gravī onere armōrum oppressīs — simul et dē nāvibus dēsiliendum et in fluctibus cōnsistendum et cum hostibus erat pugnandum, […] .
- […] Consequently, the soldiers — unfamiliar with the location, their hands encumbered [with shields and weapons], and weighed down by a massive burden of heavy armor — were forced to leap from the ships, keep their footing amidst the waves, and fight the enemy all at the same time. […]
(One of a series of ablative absolute phrases in this quote.)
- […] Consequently, the soldiers — unfamiliar with the location, their hands encumbered [with shields and weapons], and weighed down by a massive burden of heavy armor — were forced to leap from the ships, keep their footing amidst the waves, and fight the enemy all at the same time. […]
- […] mīlitibus autem — ignōtīs locīs, impedītīs manibus, māgnō et gravī onere armōrum oppressīs — simul et dē nāvibus dēsiliendum et in fluctibus cōnsistendum et cum hostibus erat pugnandum, […] .
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | ignōtus | ignōta | ignōtum | ignōtī | ignōtae | ignōta | |
| genitive | ignōtī | ignōtae | ignōtī | ignōtōrum | ignōtārum | ignōtōrum | |
| dative | ignōtō | ignōtae | ignōtō | ignōtīs | |||
| accusative | ignōtum | ignōtam | ignōtum | ignōtōs | ignōtās | ignōta | |
| ablative | ignōtō | ignōtā | ignōtō | ignōtīs | |||
| vocative | ignōte | ignōta | ignōtum | ignōtī | ignōtae | ignōta | |
Descendants
References
- “ignotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ignotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ignotus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert
- the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert