ignorans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of ignōrō (“not know”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iɡˈnoː.rans/, [ɪŋˈnoːrä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iɲˈɲo.rans/, [iɲˈɲɔːräns]

Participle

ignōrāns (genitive ignōrantis, adverb ignōranter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. unknowing, being ignorant of

   Synonyms: ignārus, nescius, nesciēns, īnscius, expers

   Antonyms: cōnsciēns, cognōscēns, cōnscius, scius, sciēns

2. ignoring, unheeding

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	ignōrāns			ignōrantēs	ignōrantia
genitive	ignōrantis			ignōrantium
dative	ignōrantī			ignōrantibus
accusative	ignōrantem	ignōrāns		ignōrantēs ignōrantīs	ignōrantia
ablative	ignōrante ignōrantī1			ignōrantibus
vocative	ignōrāns			ignōrantēs	ignōrantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• → Catalan: ignorant
• → French: ignorant
• → Galician: ignorante
• → Italian: ignorante
• → Occitan: ignorant
• → Portuguese: ignorante
• → Romanian: ignorant
• → Spanish: ignorante

References

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

Swedish

Noun

ignorans c

1. ignorance

Declension

Declension of ignorans

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ignorans	ignorans
	definite	ignoransen	ignoransens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• ignorant
• ignorera