ignorant, to be Copy link Outline 1. ignōro, 1 (foll. by direct acc. of persons or things; also acc. and inf. or rel. clause2. nescio, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 4 (like preced., but more colloq.) • ignorant, to be: 1. ignōro, 1 (foll. by direct acc. of persons or things; also acc. and inf. or rel. clause: when attended by a negative, by quin): those who were i. of the man, qui illum ignorabant, Cic. Acc. 2, 2, 4: who was i. that Pompeius had concluded a treaty, quis ignorabat P. fecisse foedus? Cic. Rep. 3, 18: the king being i. which of the two was Orestes, ignorante rege, uter eorum esset Orestes, Cic. Am. 7, 24: who is i. (= nobody is i.) that there are three races of Greeks, quis ign., quin tria Graecorum genera sint? Cic. Fl. 27, 64. 2. nescio, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 4 (like preced., but more colloq.): be the soul air or fire, I am i. (cannot tell), anima sit animus ignisve, nescio, Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 60: Ter.: Ov.: to know Latin or be i. of it, Latine scire, nescire, Cic. Br. 37, 140.