conscio Latin · revision 8493

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Horace|origins=la sciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkõː.ski.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkɔn̠ʲ.ʃi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnsciō''' (present infinitive cōnscīre, perfect active cōnscīvī, supine cōnscītum); fourth conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[con-]] and [[sciō]] “to know”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Horace has ''nīl cōnscīre sibī'' “to have nothing on one's conscience”.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Horace 65–8 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ With ''sibi'' it meant to be conscious of guilt, to have a crime on one's conscience, as in Horace.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) In Tertullian it meant to know well, as Christ knowing what he was, and Commodian's ''cōnscientēs'' are accomplices.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Its adjective [[cōnscius]] “knowing, privy to” gave [[en|conscious]] about 1600, and Etymonline suggests the Latin is probably a loan translation of Greek ''syneidos''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace has ''nīl cōnscīre sibī''.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it of knowing well.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1600 – English ''conscious'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''sibi cōnscīre'', to be conscious of guilt.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' To know well.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cōnscientia]]

+ * [[cōnscius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōnscīscō]]

+ * [[sciō]]

+ * [[scīscō]]

+ * [[en|conscious]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}