ignotus

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of ignōscō. Compare Ancient Greek ἄγνωτος (ágnōtos).

Participle

ignōtus (feminine ignōta, neuter ignōtum); first/second-declension participle

  1. forgiven
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

From in- +‎ (g)nōtus.

Adjective

ignōtus (feminine ignōta, neuter ignōtum, comparative ignōtior, superlative ignōtissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. unknown, foreign, alien
  2. strange, odd, weird
  3. 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.)
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants
  • Catalan: ignot
  • Galician: ignoto
  • Italian: ignoto
  • Portuguese: ignoto
  • Spanish: ignoto

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

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