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|lshtext=<b>ne-scĭo</b>: īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4,<br /><b>I</b> v. a., not to [[know]], to be [[ignorant]] (syn. [[ignoro]]): hunc nescire sat [[scio]] de illā amicā, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 48: nescis cui maledicas [[nunc]] viro, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 29: nec me [[pudet]] fateri nescire, [[quod]] nesciam, Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 60: de Oropo [[opinor]], sed certum [[nescio]], id. Att. 12, 23, 2: [[quid]] nobis agendum [[sit]], [[nescio]], id. ib. 7, 12, 2: [[anima]] [[sit]] ([[animus]]) ignisve, [[nescio]], id. Tusc. 1, 25, 60: nescis quantā cum expectatione sim te auditurus, [[you]] cannot [[think]], id. N. D. 3, 1, 2: nescis, temeraria, nescis, Quem fugias, Ov. M. 1, 514: nobis omnia de te Quaerere, si nescis, maxima [[cura]] fuit, id. H. 17, 197; 20, 150: [[quod]] scis or scies, nescis, a [[formula]] used in advising [[another]] to [[keep]] a [[secret]]: ne tu [[hercle]] linguam comprimes Posthac: [[etiam]] illud [[quod]] scies nesciveris, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 89: tu nescis id [[quod]] scis, [[Dromo]], si sapies, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 26; id. Eun. 4, 4, 55.—With acc. and inf.: nescibam id dicere illam, Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 10: nescit Agenorides natam parvumque nepotem Aequoris esse deos, Ov. M. 4, 562.—With inf. [[alone]]: nescire Tarquinios privatos vivere, Liv. 2, 2, 3: [[gens]], quae victa quiescere nesciat, id. 9, 3, 12; 22, 51, 4; Curt. 7, 7, 16; Just. 28, 3, 12; Aug. Serm. 330, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pass.: [[utrum]] consistere [[uspiam]] velit an [[mare]] transire nescitur, Cic. Att. 7, 12, 2: talibus locis pruinarum vis et [[natura]] nescitur, Pall. 11, 4, 2: lis [[antea]] nescita, [[unknown]], Sid. Ep. 8, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nescio [[quis]], [[nescio]] [[quid]], [[nescio]] [[quomodo]], [[nescio]] an, used in an [[assertion]] to [[express]] [[uncertainty]] [[with]] [[regard]] to [[some]] [[particular]] contained in it; and [[usually]] [[without]] influencing the [[mood]] of the [[following]] [[verb]]: [[nescio]] [[quis]], I [[know]] not [[who]], [[some]] one, [[somebody]], a [[certain]] [[person]]: [[nescio]] [[quid]], I [[know]] not [[what]], [[something]], [[some]], a [[certain]]: [[prope]] me hic [[nescio]] [[quis]] loquitur, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 9: [[nescio]] [[quid]] [[profecto]] mihi [[animus]] praesagit mali, Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 7: [[nisi]] me [[forte]] Paconii [[nescio]] cujus querelis moveri putes, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6: o pastores [[nescio]] quos cupidos litterarum, id. Flacc. 17, 39; in [[affected]] [[ignorance]], to [[denote]] [[that]] a [[thing]] is [[insignificant]], [[small]], [[mean]], etc.: [[fortasse]] non jejunum hoc [[nescio]] [[quid]] [[quod]] ego gessi, et contemnendum videtur, id. Fam. 15, 4, 14: [[quia]] [[nescio]] [[quid]] in philosophiā dissentiret, a [[little]], id. N. D. 1, 33, 93: [[nescio]] [[quid]] litterularum, a [[short]] [[letter]], id. Att. 15, 4, 1: rumoris [[nescio]] [[quid]] afflavit, id. ib. 16, 5, 1: causidicum [[nescio]] quem, id. de Or. 1, 46, 202: [[nescio]] [[quid]] e quercu exsculpseram, id. Att. 13, 28, 2: sententiae [[nescio]] [[unde]] ex abdito erutae, id. Or. 24, 79: [[nescio]] [[quid]] [[etiam]] de Locrorum [[proelio]], id. N. D. 3, 5, 11: mente [[nescio]] quā effrenatā [[atque]] praecipiti, id. Cael. 15, 35: illud [[nescio]] [[quod]] non fortuitum, sed divinum videbatur, id. Fam. 7, 5, 2: [[nescio]] [[quid]] praeclarum, [[remarkable]] or [[extraordinary]] [[excellence]], id. Arch. 7, 15: [[fit]] [[enim]], [[nescio]] [[quomodo]], ut, etc., I [[know]] not [[how]], id. Off. 1, 41, 146: boni [[nescio]] [[quomodo]] tardiores sunt, id. Sest. 47, 100: qui, [[nescio]] quo [[modo]], conspirant, Nep. Alcib. 11, 1; id. Thras. 1, 3: casu [[nescio]] quo, Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 3: alii [[nescio]] quo pacto obduruerunt, id. ib. 5, 15, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 18: sed ita fato [[nescio]] quo contigisse [[arbitror]], ut, etc., id. Fam. 15, 13, 2; cf.: [[contra]] rem suam me [[nescio]] [[quando]] venisse [[questus]] est, id. Phil. 2, 2, 3: [[nescio]] an, I [[know]] not [[whether]], [[probably]], [[perhaps]]: constantiam [[dico]]? [[nescio]] an [[melius]] patientiam possim dicere, id. Lig. 9, 26: [[sin]] illam alteram, [[nescio]] an [[amplius]] mihi negotii contrahatur, id. Cat. 4, 5, 9: [[ingens]] eo [[die]] res et [[nescio]] an maxima [[illo]] [[bello]] [[gesta]] [[sit]], Liv. 23, 16; v. the [[art]]. an.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Not to [[know]], to be [[unacquainted]] [[with]] a [[person]] or [[thing]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): [[illa]] illum nescit, Plaut. Aul. prol. 30; Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 16: non nescire hiemem, Verg. G. 1, 391: deos, Luc. 1, 453: litteras, Sen. Clem. 2, 1: [[vinum]] toto nescire Decembri, i. e. to [[abstain]] from, Juv. 7, 97.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Not to [[understand]]; to be [[unable]]: non tam praeclarum est scire Latine, [[quam]] turpe nescire, Cic. Brut. 37, 140; Juv. 6, 188: [[stare]] [[loco]] nescit, said of a [[horse]], Verg. G. 3, 84: nescit vox [[missa]] reverti, cannot be [[unsaid]], Hor. A. P. 390.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To be [[incapable]]: Stoici [[omnino]] irasci nesciunt, Cic. de Or. 3, 18, 65: qui nesciat irasci, Juv. 10, 360.—Hence, nescĭens, entis, P. a., [[unknowing]], [[ignorant]], [[unaware]] ([[class]]. [[nescius]]): ut nescientem sentiat te id sibi [[dare]], Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 59: [[nesciens]] sui, [[unconscious]], App. Mag. p. 301, 9.—Hence, adv.: nescĭenter, [[unknowingly]], [[ignorantly]], Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 40.

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