ignorant Copy link Outline I. Not knowing or acquainted with1. ignārus (most gen. term2. inscius (used with ref. to different degrees of ignorance3. nescius (= ignarus4. imprūdens, ntis (not aware ofII. Generally destitute of knowledge1. indoctus2. impĕrītus (unpractised, not versed in)3. rŭdis, e • ignorant: I. Not knowing or acquainted with: 1. ignārus (most gen. term: usu. with gen., less freq. with rel. clause, or acc. and inf.): i. of physical science, physicorum ign., Cic.: i. of the worth of virtue, ign. quid virtus valeret, Cic. Sext. 28, 60. I am not i. that many will say, non ign. sumus multos dicturos ..., Cic. Tusc. 2, 1, 3. 2. inscius (used with ref. to different degrees of ignorance: constr. like preced.): Socrates pretends to be i. of everything, S. se omnium rerum ins. fingit [et rudem], Cic. Br. 85, 292: i. of what was going on, ins. quid gereretur, Caes. B. G. 7, 77, init.: nor am I i. that there is utility in history, nec sum insc. esse utilitatem in historia, Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 51. Absol., i. persons (opp. to scientific physicians), homines inscii imperitique, Cic. Fin. 2, 5, fin. 3. nescius (= ignarus: but chiefly poet.: constr. like preced.): i. of destiny, n. fati, Virg.: Plin. Ep. Also Cic. has, nescius sum (= nescio), foll. by acc. and inf., cf. Fin. 1, init., non eram n. ... fore. The sequence of a rel. clause is poet.: Ov. 4. imprūdens, ntis (not aware of: esp. used where such ignorance is attended by some error or mischance): i. of the law (and so breaking it), imp. legis, Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95: i. of the religious restriction (and so transgressing), imp. religionis, Liv. 31, 14, med. See also ignorant, to be. II. Generally destitute of knowledge: 1. indoctus: i. and boorish, ind. et agrestis (opp. to humanus et politus, Cic. Part. 25, 90): an i. man, however highly gifted, homo ind. quamvis sit ingeniosus, Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59. Rarely with gen., Hor. A. P. 380. 2. impĕrītus (unpractised, not versed in): v. inexperienced. Comp. supr. (I., 2, ex.). 3. rŭdis, e: v. unacquainted.