conscius

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Latin

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Etymology

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From conscio (I am privy to).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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cōnscius (feminine cōnscia, neuter cōnscium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. conscious
  2. aware of, knowing of, conscious of, privy to
    Synonyms: cōnsciēns, cognōscēns, scius, sciēns
    Antonyms: ignārus, ignōrāns, īnscius, nescius, nesciēns, expers
  3. aware of, knowing of, conscious of, privy to
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.519–520:
      [...] testātur moritūra deōs et cōnscia fātī / sīdera [...]
      [Dido, who is] about to die, invokes the gods and the stars aware of destiny [...]
      (sīdera cōnscia alludes to belief in astrology)
  4. guilty
    Synonyms: reus, obnoxius, noxius
    Antonyms: īnsōns, castus, innocēns, innoxius
  5. participant in a thing, an accessory, accomplice
    Synonym: minister

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cōnscius cōnscia cōnscium cōnsciī cōnsciae cōnscia
Genitive cōnsciī cōnsciae cōnsciī cōnsciōrum cōnsciārum cōnsciōrum
Dative cōnsciō cōnsciō cōnsciīs
Accusative cōnscium cōnsciam cōnscium cōnsciōs cōnsciās cōnscia
Ablative cōnsciō cōnsciā cōnsciō cōnsciīs
Vocative cōnscie cōnscia cōnscium cōnsciī cōnsciae cōnscia

Descendants

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  • Italian: conscio
  • Portuguese: cônscio, concho
  • Romanian: conștient
  • English: conscious (learned)
  • Proto-West Germanic: *kūskī, *kų̄skī (see there for further descendants)

References

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  • conscius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • conscius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • conscius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a good conscience: mens bene sibi conscia
    • a guilty conscience: animus male sibi conscius
    • to be conscious of no ill deed: nullius culpae sibi conscium esse