nescirem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nescio, nescire, nescivi, nescitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
not know (how); be ignorant/unfamiliar/unaware/unacquainted/unable/unwilling;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 1st
Examples
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...invito cum chartam protulisset traderetque, exclamasti: 'Vellem litteras nescirem!' 3. O dignam vocem, quam audirent omnes gentes, quae..."VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...filii mei vidi, et miserior sum, quam si nescirem, quis occidisset. fateor igitur, iudices, ipse miror, unde..."