ignorantia

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ignōrāns (ignoring, ignorant) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ignōrantia f (genitive ignōrantiae); first declension

  1. ignorance
  2. want of knowledge or information
    Antonyms: scientia, cognitiō, sapientia, ērudītiō

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ignōrantia ignōrantiae
Genitive ignōrantiae ignōrantiārum
Dative ignōrantiae ignōrantiīs
Accusative ignōrantiam ignōrantiās
Ablative ignōrantiā ignōrantiīs
Vocative ignōrantia ignōrantiae

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References[edit]

  • ignorantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ignorantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ignorantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.