ignarus Latin · revision 8079

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪŋˈnaː.rʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [iɲˈɲaː.rus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ignārus''' (feminine ignāra, neuter ignārum, comparative ignārior, superlative ignārissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[in-]] “not” and [[gnārus]] “knowing”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of someone unacquainted with something.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant having no knowledge, unaware, as in Terence, and in Plautus having no experience, unacquainted.^(OLD 2012) In Sallust it was used passively, unknown, unfamiliar.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant ignorant, inexperienced.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it of the unknowing and, with a genitive, of having no knowledge of something.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian and Spanish ''ignaro'' and French ''ignare''.^(Wiktionary) Its derived verb [[ignōrō]] “not to know” gave [[en|ignorant]] through its participle.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of the inexperienced.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of the ignorant.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it in the sense “unknown”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|Ignorant]], unaware.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Inexperienced, unacquainted.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Unknown, unfamiliar.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ignōrō]]

+ * [[perignārus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[gnārus]]

+ * [[en|ignorant]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}