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|lshtext=<b>ignārus</b>: a, um (also, ‡ ignarures ἀγνοοῦντες, Gloss. Philox.; v. [[gnarus]]<br /><b>I</b> init.), adj. in-[[gnarus]], [[like]] [[ignavus]], [[ignotus]], from the [[negative]] in and gnavus, [[gnotus]], [[ignorant]] of a [[thing]], not [[knowing]], [[unacquainted]] [[with]], [[inexperienced]], [[unaware]] (syn.: [[inscius]], [[nescius]], [[insciens]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit. (freq. and [[class]].); constr. usu. [[with]] the gen.; [[less]] [[frequently]] [[with]] a rel.-[[clause]], [[with]] acc. and inf., [[with]] inf. [[alone]], or absol.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: ait se peregrinum esse, hujus ignarum oppidi, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 43: [[imprudens]] harum rerum ignarusque omnium, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 56: audi, ne te ignarum fuisse dicas meorum [[morum]], id. Ad. 2, 1, 6; id. Hec. 4, 4, 53: ignara artis meretriciae, id. Heaut. 2, 1, 14: oratorem ne physicorum [[quidem]] esse ignarum [[volo]], Cic. Or. 34, 119; cf.: physicae rationis ignari, id. N. D. 2, 21, 54: [[ignarus]] si [[sit]] facundiae ac poliendae orationis, id. de Or. 1, 14, 63: alicujus rei [[ignarus]] [[atque]] [[insolens]], id. ib. 1, 48, 207: magna [[pars]] Pisonis ignari, i. e. not [[knowing]] him, Tac. H. 4, 50; cf.: [[alter]] alterius [[ignarus]], Plin. 11, 30, 36, § 109: ignara [[puella]] mariti, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 132: [[formica]] [[haud]] ignara ac non incauta futuri, id. S. 1, 1, 35.—Of inanim. and abstr. things: qui [[gurges]] aut quae flumina [[lugubris]] Ignara belli, Hor. C. 2, 1, 34; Stat. S. 2, 2, 149: non ignara philosophiae [[grammatice]], Quint. 1, 4, 4: ignara hujusce doctrinae [[loquacitas]], id. 12, 2, 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With rel. [[clause]]: ignari, [[quid]] [[gravitas]], [[quid]] [[integritas]] ... [[quid]] [[denique]] [[virtus]] valeret, Cic. Sest. 28, 60; id. Top. 20, 75: cum [[quid]] ageretur in locis reliquis, essent ignari, Hirt. B. G. 8, 43, 2: [[haud]] ignari quanta invidiae immineret, [[tempestas]], Liv. 3, 38, 6: quo essent in [[loco]] ignari, Quint. 8, 3, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. and inf.: [[quamquam]] non sumus ignari multos [[studiose]] [[contra]] esse dicturos, Cic. Tusc. 2, 1, 3: ignari venisse dictatorem, Liv. 8, 36, 2; 21, 22, 1: [[ignarus]], non omnes esse rogandos, Ov. M. 6, 263: non [[quidem]] sibi ignarum, posse argui [[quod]], etc., i. e. he [[well]] knew, Tac. A. 4, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf. [[alone]]: [[placito]] ignara moveri [[Atropos]], Stat. Th. 3, 67.—（ε) Absol.: tu me ignaro nec opinante, inscio notes et tuos et tuorum amicorum necessarios, etc., Cic. Planc. 16, 40: ubi [[imperium]] ad ignaros pervenit, etc., Sall. C. 51, 27; id. J. 91, 1; cf. id. Quint. 20, 64: obpressit [[igitur]] necopinantes ignarosque omnes [[Perseus]]. Liv. 40, 57, 1: si [[quis]] laudat Arelli Sollicitas [[ignarus]] [[opes]], Hor. S. 2, 6, 79: [[quisnam]] ignarum nostris [[deus]] appulit oris? Verg. A. 3, 338.—Sup.: Ba. An nescis quae [[sit]] haec res? Si. Juxta cum ignarissimis, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 62.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf. *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Unmindful, [[regardless]] of [[any]] [[thing]]: o socii ([[neque]] [[enim]] ignari sumus [[ante]] malorum), O passi graviora, etc., Verg. A. 1, 198.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Pass. ([[like]] [[gnarus]]), not [[known]], [[unknown]], = [[ignotus]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].; not in Cic.): [[ignarus]] [[aeque]] (ac [[nescius]]) [[utroqueversum]] dicitur, non [[tantum]] qui ignorat, sed et qui ignoratur. [[Sallustius]]: [[more]] humanae cupidinis ignara visundi. [[Vergilius]] (A. 10, 706), Gell. 9, 12, 20 sq.; cf. Non. 129, 18 sq.: [[mare]] magnum et ignara [[lingua]] commercia prohibebant, Sall. J. 18, 6: quibus [[agrestis]] [[vita]] est, [[circumscriptio]] ignara est et [[fraus]], Sen. de Ira, 3, 2: quem (amorem) non Fors ignara dedit, sed saeva Cupidinis ira, [[unknown]], [[obscure]], Ov. M. 1, 453. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.: [[pauci]] interiere: plerosque [[velocitas]] et [[regio]] hostibus ignara tutata sunt, Sall. J. 52, 4; cf. Tac. A. 2, 13: jamque aderat [[Theseus]], [[proles]] ignara parenti, Ov. M. 7, 404: non [[quidem]] sibi ignara, quae de Silano vulgabantur, Tac. A. 3, 69.—Sup.: quaedam (sidera) sunt aliis [[omnino]] ignarissima, Gell. 14, 1, 13.