ignoro Latin · revision 5053

+ {{infobox|confidence=disputed|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *ǵneh₃-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪŋˈnoː.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [iɲˈɲɔː.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ignōrō''' (present infinitive ignōrāre, perfect active ignōrāvī, supine ignōrātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed with the negative prefix [[m|la|in-]] on a verb of knowing, [[inh|itc-pro|*gnōs-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-s-|t=to recognize, know]].^(de Vaan 2008) It has often been taken as a verb made from [[ignārus]] “not knowing”, with ''ā'' replaced by ''ō'' after [[ignōtus]]; de Vaan finds this unlikely, since [[gnārus]] itself kept its ''ā'', and prefers Nussbaum's proposal of a present *gnō-sā- “to know”, from a noun “knowledge” or from a PIE ''s''-present.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[hit|kane/išš-zi|t=to recognize, acknowledge]] and [[xto|kñasäṣt|t=you recognized]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who has a character fear that someone will fail to recognize him.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it meant not to know or be unaware of something, to know nothing about a person or subject, and to fail to recognize someone.^(OLD 2012) It could also mean to act as if one did not know, to take no notice of or ignore, though Wiktionary calls this use rare.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ The derivative [[ignōrantia]] appears from Lucretius.^(de Vaan 2008) [[en|ignoramus]], “we take no notice of”, began as an Anglo-French legal endorsement on a bill rejected by a grand jury, and [[en|ignore]] first meant “not to know”.^(Etymonline) The verb was borrowed into the Romance languages as [[it|ignorare]] and [[fr|ignorer]], while [[ca|enyorar]] “to long for” continues it by inheritance.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of failing to recognize someone.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of not knowing a person.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1570s – English ''ignoramus'' is recorded, from an Anglo-French legal term of the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1610s – English ''ignore'' “not to know” is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # Not to know, to be [[m|en|ignorant]] or [[m|en|unaware]] of.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To know nothing about, be unfamiliar with.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To fail to [[m|en|recognize]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To act as if unaware of, take no notice of, [[m|en|ignore]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dignōrō]]

+ * [[ignōrābilis]]

+ * [[ignōrantia]]

+ * [[ignōrātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[glōria]]

+ * [[gnārus]]

+ * [[nōscō]]

+ * [[en|ignore]]

+ * [[en|ignorant]]

+ * [[en|ignoramus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}