Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1703.scientia on page 1703
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scientia knowledge
scientia is a Latin Noun that primarily means knowledge.
Definitions for scientia
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
knowledge
English derivatives:
science scientific
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
Knowledge (of a fact or situation), awareness, etc. (b) (as implying certainty, opp. mere belief). (c) knowledge (of some illicit transaction).
- 2
Understanding (of an art, science, or sim.), expert knowledge. (b) a particular department of knowledge, an art, etc.
- 3
Knowledge of many things, learning, erudition, etc.
Sentences with scientia
Latin to English
Nōlīte hanc scientiam āmittere.Compare Do not lose this knowledge.
Ad sapientiam pertinet aeternarum rerum cognitio intellectualis, as scientiam vero temporalium, rerum cognitio rationalis. [De Trinitate, XII, 15, 25]Compare To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things; to knowledge, the rational apprehension of things temporal.
Etsi ars quidem, cum ea non utare, scientia tamen ipsa teneri potest, virtus in usu sui tota posita est; usus autem eius est maximus civitatis gubernatio. (De re publica, I, 2)Compare Though it is true that an art, even if you never use it, can still remain in your possession by the very fact of your knowledge of it, yet the existence of virtue depends entirely upon its use; and its noblest use is the government of the state. (Tr. C. W. Keyes)
Nōs ā scientiā prohibēre vōlent virī līberī; sed tyrannī maximē sīc volunt.Compare Free men will not wish to keep us from knowledge; but tyrants especially so wish.
Sit pia confessio ignorantiae magis quam temeraria professio scientiae.Compare A pious admission of ignorance must be preferred to a rash profession of knowledge.
Nihil est peius iis, qui paulum aliquid ultra primas litteras progressi falsa sibi scientiae persuasionem induerunt.Compare There are none worse than those who, as soon as they have progressed beyond a knowledge of the alphabet, delude themselves into the belief that they are the possessors of real knowledge.
Declension table for scientia
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | scientia | scientiae |
| Gen. | scientiae | scientiārum |
| Dat. | scientiae | scientiīs |
| Acc. | scientiam | scientiās |
| Abl. | scientiā | scientiīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 119.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1703.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "scientia, scientiae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 23, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/scientia-scientiae.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 119.scientia, scientiae on page 119
