sciens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle ofsciō(“I can, know, understand”).

Participle

sciēns(genitivescientis,comparativescientior,superlativescientissimus,adverbscienter);third-declensionone-termination participle

1. knowing,understanding
2. conscious,aware

   Synonyms:cōnsciēns,cognōscēns,cōnscius,scius

   Antonyms:ignārus,nescius,ignōrāns,īnscius,nesciēns,expers

3. knowledgeable,skilled
4. (figuratively,of a woman)havingsexualrelations with a man.
5. (adjective equivalent to an adverb)knowingly,purposely,consciously
   • c.190BCE– 185BCE,Plautus,Amphitryon2.2.661:

     An ille me tentatsciens?

     Is hepurposelytesting me?

Declension

Third-declensionparticiple.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	sciēns			scientēs	scientia
Genitive	scientis			scientium
Dative	scientī			scientibus
Accusative	scientem	sciēns		scientēs scientīs	scientia
Ablative	sciente scientī1			scientibus
Vocative	sciēns			scientēs	scientia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• īnsciēns
• omnisciēns
• scientia

Descendants

• →English:scient
• Italian:sciente
• →Middle English:scient
• →Old French:escient
  • French:escient
• Old Spanish:ciente,esciente
• →Portuguese:ciente
• →Sicilian:scienti

References

• “sciens”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sciens”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
• sciensinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1],London:Macmillan and Co.
  • a good Latin scholar:benelatine doctusorsciens
    
  • (ambiguous)to acquire knowledge of a subject:scientia comprehendere aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous)to enrich a person's knowledge:scientia augere aliquem
    
  • (ambiguous)logic, dialectic:dialectica(-aeor-orum) (pure Latindisserendi ratio et scientia)
    
  • (ambiguous)geographical knowledge:regionum terrestrium aut maritimarum scientia
    

Middle English

Noun

sciens

1. Alternative form ofscience