sciens
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of sciō (“I can, know, understand”).
Participle
sciēns m, f, n (genitive scientis); third declension
- knowing, understanding
- conscious, aware
- knowledgeable, skilled
- (figuratively, of a woman) having sexual relations with a man.
Inflection
Third declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | sciēns | scientēs | scientia | ||
Genitive | scientis | scientium | |||
Dative | scientī | scientibus | |||
Accusative | scientem | sciēns | scientēs, scientīs | scientia | |
Ablative | sciente, scientī1 | scientibus | |||
Vocative | sciēns | scientēs | scientia |
1When used purely as an adjective.
Derived terms
References
- sciens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sciens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sciens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a good Latin scholar: bene latine doctus or sciens
- (ambiguous) to acquire knowledge of a subject: scientia comprehendere aliquid
- (ambiguous) to enrich a person's knowledge: scientia augere aliquem
- (ambiguous) logic, dialectic: dialectica (-ae or -orum) (pure Latin disserendi ratio et scientia)
- (ambiguous) geographical knowledge: regionum terrestrium aut maritimarum scientia
- a good Latin scholar: bene latine doctus or sciens
Middle English
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