IGNORANT, ignorant
Sounds Like: ig-NOH-rant
Translations: ignorant, unknowing, unaware, not knowing, those who are ignorant, the ignorant ones
From the root: IGNORO
Part of Speech: Participle, Adjective
Explanation: This word is the present active participle of the verb 'ignoro', meaning 'to not know' or 'to be unaware of'. As a participle, it functions like an adjective, describing someone or something that is ignorant or unaware. It can also be used substantively as a noun, meaning 'those who are ignorant' or 'the ignorant ones'.
Inflection: Present Active Participle, Nominative/Accusative/Vocative Plural, Masculine/Feminine/Neuter
Instances
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 11:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, IGNORO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- IGNORANTIBUS — to the ignorant, for the ignorant, by the ignorant, from the ignorant, with the ignorant, to those who are ignorant, for those who are ignorant, by those who are ignorant
- IGNORET — he/she/it may ignore, he/she/it may disregard, he/she/it may not know, he/she/it should ignore, he/she/it should disregard, he/she/it should not know
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