ignorantia

Latin

Etymology

From ignōrāns (“ignoring, ignorant”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /iɡ.noːˈran.ti.a/, [ɪŋnoːˈrän̪t̪iä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iɲ.ɲoˈran.t͡si.a/, [iɲːoˈränt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

ignōrantia f (genitive ignōrantiae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

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

Related terms

Descendants

Albanian: injorancë
Aragonese: ignorancia
Asturian: inoranza, inorancia
Catalan: enyorança, anyorança, ignorància
Dutch: ignorantie
Emilian: ignuranza
English: ignorance (borrowed into Middle English from Old French)
Franco-Provençal: ignorance
French: ignorance
Friulian: gnorance
Galician: ignorancia
German: Ignoranz
Istriot: ignuransa
Italian: ignoranza
Ladin: ignoranza
Neapolitan: gnuranza
Occitan: ignorància
Old French: ignorance
Piedmontese: ignoransa
Polish: ignorancja
Portuguese: ignorância
Romanian: ignoranță
Romansch: ignoranza
Spanish: ignorancia
Swedish: ignorans
Walloon: ignoranss

References

“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.

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