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scius

scius

cognizant, skilled

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What it meant

1. scius — de Vaan

scius 'cognizant, skilled' (Pac.+), scientia 'knowledge' (Varro+); sciscere (scfvi, scitum) 'to get to know, approve' (PL+), sciscitari cto try to get to know, inquire' (P1.+); nescius 'unknown, not knowing' (PL+), nescire 'not to know; some-' (Naev.+); conscius 'sharing knowledge, conscious' (PL+), Tnsciens 'not knowing, stupid' (PL+), Tnscientia 'ignorance' (CaeciL+), inscltus 'ignorant' (PL+), inscftia … — [de Vaan, s.v. scius, p. 559]

2. scĭus — Lewis & Short

scĭus, a, um, adj.scio,

I knowing, having knowledge of a thing (mostly ante- and post-class., and rare for sciens, gnarus, peritus).
(a) Absol.: neque quemquam invenit scium, Pac. ap. Prisc. p. 634: mulieres plus sciae, Petr. 63, 9: puto eos prudentes et scios mendacia defendenda suscipere, knowingly, wittingly, Lact. 3, 24 fin.; Vulg. Ecclus. 21, 18.—
(b) With gen.: rerum, Lact. 2, 14, 6: Latinae linguae, Macr. S. 6, 9 fin.

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Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. scius (scan p. 559; entry #1565).

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