nescio

== Esperanto == === Etymology === From ne- +‎ scio. Akin to Latin nescius (“ignorant”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nesˈt͡sio/ Rhymes: -io Syllabification: nes‧ci‧o Hyphenation: ne‧scio === Noun === nescio (accusative singular nescion, plural nescioj, accusative plural nesciojn) ignorance Synonyms: malinteligento, malinteligenteco, malsaĝo, malsagêco, stulto, stulteco ==== Related terms ==== nescia == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin nescius. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnɛʃ.ʃo/ Rhymes: -ɛʃʃo Hyphenation: nè‧scio === Adjective === nescio (feminine nescia, masculine plural nesci, feminine plural nescie or nesce) (archaic) nescient, ignorant, unaware === Further reading === nescio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === cenosi, coseni, cosine, inceso, osceni == Latin == === Alternative forms === nōn sciō, nōsciō (nonstandard when used as a full synonym) === Etymology === From ne- (“not”) +‎ sciō (“to know”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɛs.ki.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɛʃ.ʃi.o] === Verb === nesciō (present infinitive nescīre, perfect active nescīvī or nesciī, supine nescītum); fourth conjugation to not know, to be ignorant, to not understand Synonym: ignōrō Antonyms: sciō, sentiō, cōnsciō, nōscō, inveniō From For Marcus Caelius by Cicero (Latin and English translation may be found here, also English and Latin on Wikisource) Quae tu quoniam mente nescio qua effrenata atque praecipiti in forum deferri iudiciumque voluisti, aut diluas oportet ac falsa esse doceas aut nihil neque crimini tuo neque testimonio credendum esse fateare. And as for you, since, through some unbridled and headlong fury which I cannot comprehend you have chosen these things to be brought into court, and dilated on at this trial, you must either efface the charges yourself, and show that they are without foundation, or else you must confess that no credit is to be given to any accusations which you may make, or to any evidence which you may give. Nōmen nesciō (N. N.) ― I do not know the name ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== From a vulgar form *nesciō quid: Aromanian: nishti Megleno-Romanian: niști Romanian: nești, neștine, niște, niscai Directly inherited or borrowed: → English: nescient (from nescientem) Italian: nescire === References === “nescio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nescio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “nescio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Ligurian == === Noun === nescio alternative form of nesciu == Spanish == === Adjective === nescio (feminine nescia, masculine plural nescios, feminine plural nescias) obsolete spelling of necio === Further reading === “nescio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025