inscitiae N F

inscītĭa, ae, f. [inscitus], ignorance, inexperience, unskilfulness, awkwardness, stupidity, stolidity in any thing (usu. with suggestion of blame; while inscientia is simply the absence of knowledge; but the distinction is neglected by Tacitus; v. infra).—With gen., rarely with erga (class.):

rerum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 49:

temporis,

id. Off. 1, 40, 144:

belli,

Nep. Epam. 7, 4: rei publicae ut alienae, Tac. H. 1, 1:

rerum verborumque,

Quint. 5, 13, 38:

veri,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 43:

artis,

Suet. Ner. 41:

temporum,

Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 155:

aedificandi,

Tac. G. 16:

inscitiam potius legionum quam audaciam increpans,

Tac. H. 1, 90.— Absol., ignorance, stupidily (ante-class.):

male mereri de immerente inscitia est,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 29:

sex talenta magna dotis demam pro ista inscitia,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 71:

temeritate atque inscitia exercitum in locum praecipitem perducere,

Liv. 26, 2, 7; 8, 33, 17.—In plur.:

Pannoniorum inscitiae,

Front. Princip. Hist. 319.—

Ignorance, absence of knowledge, = inscientia (only in Tac.):

fore ut acerrimi militum per tenebras et inscitiam ceterorum occiderentur,

Tac. H. 1, 54: quo fidem inscitiae pararet, to induce confidence in his ignorance of the crime, id. A. 15, 58:

isque illi finis inscitiae erga domum suam fuit,

id. ib. 11, 25:

inscitia litterarum,

id. Or. 19.

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arcesso (and accerso), īvi, ītum, 3, v. a. ( inf. arcessire and arcessiri, like lacessiri instead of lacessi, freq. and in the best class. writers, though the MSS. and editt. vary very much; cf. Struve, p. 198.—The form accerso, used freq. by Sall., has been unjustly repudiated; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p. 281 sq.; Kritz ad Sall. C. 40, 6, and the grammarians cited by both;

Dietsch,

Sall. II. p. 145; Rib. prol. in Verg. p. 388) [causat. from accedo; cf. incesso from incedo; ar = ad].

Lit., to cause any one to come, to call, send for, invite, summon, fetch (while accio designates merely the calling, without indicating the coming of the person called, Doed. Syn. III. p. 283).

In gen.:

aliquem ad aliquem,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 1:

Blepharonem arcessat, qui nobiscum prandeat,

id. Am. 3, 2, 70:

quaeso, hominem ut jubeas arcessi,

id. Capt. 5, 1, 29; so id. Bacch. 2, 3, 120; 4, 6, 26; id. Truc. 1, 2, 28; so,

arcessiturus,

id. Cas. 3, 2, 23; 3, 4, 11:

arcessitum,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 12:

jussit me ad se accersier,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 4 Bentl., where Fleck. reads arcessier:

obstetricem arcesse,

id. Ad. 3, 2, 56; so id. ib. 5, 7, 6; and id. Eun. 3, 5, 44 al.:

cum ab aratro arcessebantur, qui consules fierent,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18:

sacra ab exteris nationibus ascita atque arcessita,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 51 fin.; so id. ib. 5, 18:

ejus librum arcessivi,

id. Att. 16, 11:

ex continenti alios (fabros) accersi jubet,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11 Dinter:

Gabinium accersit,

Sall. C. 40, 6; so id. ib. 52, 24;

60, 4: cunctos senatorii ordinis accersiri jubet,

id. J. 62, 4; so id. ib. 113, 4:

Agrippam ad se arcessi jussit,

Nep. Att. 21, 4:

Pisonem arcessi jubet,

Tac. H. 1, 14 al.:

placere patrem arcessiri,

Liv. 3, 45:

aliquem ab Epidauro Romam arcessendum,

id. 10, 47:

Ityn huc arcessite,

Ov. M. 6, 652; so id. ib. 15, 640; Hor. S. 2, 3, 261:

sin melius quid (sc. vini) habes, arcesse,

order it, let it be brought, id. Ep. 1, 5, 6 al. — Trop.:

Illic homo a me sibi malam rem arcessit jumento suo, prov.,

this man brings misfortunes upon his own head, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 171:

quies molli strato arcessita,

Liv. 21, 4; so,

somnum medicamentis,

Cels. 3, 18:

gloriam ex periculo,

Curt. 8, 13 fin. al.—

Esp. in judic. lang., to summon, arraign one, before a court of justice; hence, in gen., to accuse, inform against; constr. aliquem alicujus rei:

ut hunc hoc judicio arcesseret,

Cic. Fl. 6; so id. Rab. Perd. 9:

ne quem umquam innocentem judicio capitis arcessas,

to accuse of a capital crime, id. Off. 2, 14, 51:

aliquem capitis,

id. Deiot. 11:

pecuniae captae,

Sall. J. 32, 1:

majestatis,

Tac. A. 2, 50:

tumultus hostilis,

id. ib. 4, 29:

veneni crimine,

Suet. Tib. 53; also absol.:

arcessiri statim ac mori jussus est,

id. Claud. 37.— Trop.: inscitiae, Nigid. ap Gell. 19, 14. —

Transf. to mental objects, to bring, fetch, seek, or derive a subject, thought, quality, etc.:

a capite quod velimus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 117; so id. Top. 9:

translationes orationi splendoris aliquid arcessunt,

id. de Or. 3, 38, 156:

ex medio res arcessere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 168:

longe arcessere fabulas coepi,

to fetch from far, Petr. 37.—Hence, arcessitus (in opp. to that which comes of itself, and is therefore natural), far-fetched, forced, unnatural (syn. durus):

cavendum est, ne arcessitum dictum putetur,

that an expression may not appear forced, far-fetched, Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256:

frigidi et arcessiti joci,

Suet. Claud. 21:

in Lysiā nihil est inane, nihil arcessitum,

Quint. 10, 1, 78; cf. id. 2, 4, 3; 9, 3, 74; 12, 10, 40 al.

confessĭo, ōnis, f. [confiteor], a confession, acknowledgment.

In gen. (in good prose; esp. freq. in Cic. and Quint.), with gen. obj.:

errati sui,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33:

ignorationis,

id. Ac. 1, 12, 44; cf.:

inscitiae suae,

Quint. 2, 11, 2:

captae pecuniae,

Cic. Clu. 53, 148:

culpae,

Liv. 21, 18, 5; 36, 27, 6:

paenitentiae,

Quint. 11, 1, 76:

vitiorum,

Tac. A. 2, 33:

facinoris,

Suet. Tib. 19. —In plur.:

cum ad vos indicia, litteras, confessiohes communis exitii detuli,

Cic. Sest. 69, 145.—With acc. and inf.:

ea erat confessio caput rerum Romam esse,

Liv. 1, 45, 3; so id. 2, 7, 7; 42, 47, 8 al.—With pron. pers.:

sua,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 104; 2, 5, 64, § 166;

Liv 28, 40, 11: confessionibus suis,

Cic. Cat. 3, 6, 15.—With gen. subj.:

illorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 103:

inimicorum,

id. Red. Quir. 1, 1:

omnium,

Vell. 2, 43:

illa Ciceronis,

Quint. 11, 1, 44:

adversarii,

id. 4, 4, 4; cf.

ipsorum,

Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 18 al.: extera corporum indubitatas confessiones habent, i. e. proofs of the healing power (of assafœtida), id. 22, 23, 49, § 103.—With de and abl.: immo si actionem stultissimasque de se, nefarias de patre confessiones audisses? Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2:

ipsorum de somno piscium confessio,

Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 18.—With abstr. subjects: ea confessionem faciunt, non defensionem, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 15.—

Esp.

As a fig. of speech, Quint. 9, 2, 17; 12, 1, 33.—

In eccl. Lat.

A creed, avowal of belief:

fidei, Greg. M. Ep. 7, 5: nostra,

Vulg. Heb. 3, 1.—

An acknowledgment of Christ.

In gen., Vulg. Rom. 10, 10.—

Esp., an acknowledgment of Christ under torture; and hence, transf., torture, suffering for religion's sake, Lact. Mort. Pers. 1 init.

ignosco, nōvi, nōtum, 3 ( plqpf. sync. ignosset, Sil. 8, 619; part. fut. ignosciturus, Piso Frugi ap. Prisc. p. 887; Ambros. de Noë, 13, 47; also ignoturus, Cic. ap. Prisc. p. 886), v. a. [2. in-gnosco, nosco; lit., not to wish to know, not to search into; hence, with esp. reference to a fault or crime], to pardon, forgive, excuse, overlook (class.; syn.: parco, indulgeo); constr. alicui ( aliquid, quod, si, etc.), with simple aliquid or absol.

Alicui ( aliquid, quod, si, etc.):

hoc ignoscant dii immortales, velim, et populo Romano et huic ordini,

Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 13; so,

ut eis delicta ignoscas,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 68:

velim mihi ignoscas, quod ad te scribo tam multa toties,

Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3:

abs te peto ut mihi hoc ignoscas,

id. ib. 1, 1, 4:

mihi, quaeso, ignoscite, si appello talem virum saepius,

id. Agr. 2, 18, 49:

ne discamus nobis ignoscere,

Quint. 11, 2, 45; 10, 3, 29; cf.:

adeo familiare est hominibus, omnia sibi ignoscere,

Vell. 2, 30, 3:

at vos vobis ignoscitis,

make excuses for, justify, Juv. 8, 181; so,

ipsi populo,

id. 8, 189.— With dat. rei:

ignoscas velim huic festinationi meae,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 1:

inscitiae meae et stultitiae,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 62:

delictis,

id. Merc. 5, 4, 37:

vitiis,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 131:

dictis,

Juv. 1, 154:

his (sc. factis),

id. 13, 103 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

ignosci nobis postulabimus,

Auct. Her. 2, 17, 25:

ea jam aetate sum, ut non sit peccato mihi ignosci aequum,

Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 10:

tabellam dedit, quia ignosceretur iis, quos, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 33:

mihi profecto poterit ignosci, si, etc.,

Quint. 4 praef. §

5: deprecatores, quibus non erat ignotum,

Cic. Att. 11, 14, 1:

exemplis uti oportebit, quibus in simili excusatione non sit ignotum: et contentione, magis illis ignoscendum fuisse,

id. Inv. 2, 32, 100.—

With a simple acc. (very rare;

not in Cic.): orant, ignoscamus peccatum suum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 101:

equidem istuc factum ignoscam,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 34:

parvum si Tartara nossent Peccatum ignovisse,

Verg. Cul. 293.—In pass.:

ego esse in hac re culpam meritam non nego, sed eam, quae sit ignoscenda,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 26:

et cognoscendi et ignoscendi dabitur peccati locus,

id. Heaut. 2, 1, 6.—

Absol. (rare but class.):

ignosce: orat, confitetur, purgat: quid vis amplius?

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 46:

quotiens ignoscimus (in dicendo),

Quint. 6, 2, 14:

ad ejus facti deprecationem ignoscendi petenda venia est,

Cic. Part. Or. 37, 131; cf. id. Pis. 41, 98:

contemnere fulmina pauper creditur atque deos, dis ignoscentibus ipsis,

i. e. conniving, winking, Juv. 3, 146.— Pass. impers.:

ignotum est, tacitum est,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 28.—Hence, ignoscens, entis, P. a., forgiving, inclined to forgiveness, placable:

animus ignoscentior,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 32.

rĕprĕhensĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a holding back, trop.

A checking, check, in speaking:

(orationem) concinnam... festivam, sine intermissione, sine reprehensione, sine varietate,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 100.—

Blame, censure, reprimand, reproof, reprehension (freq. and class.).

With gen.:

gloriam in morte debent ii, qui in re publicā versantur, non culpae reprehensionem et stultitiae vituperationem relinquere,

Cic. Phil. 12, 10, 25:

vitae,

id. Mur. 5, 11: temeritatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 1:

brevis neglegentiae,

Quint. 5, 13, 10:

personarum,

id. 9, 2, 68:

vereri reprehensionem doctorum atque prudentium,

Cic. Or. 1, 1.— In plur.:

obscuritatis, infantiae, inscitiae rerum verborumque, et insulsitatis etiam,

Quint. 5, 13, 38; cf.:

dissentientium inter se reprehensiones non sunt vituperandae,

Cic. Fin. 1, 8, 27.—

Absol.:

reprehensionem non fugere,

Cic. Att. 10, 3, a, 1:

justā reprehensione carere,

id. Off. 1, 40, 144:

sine reprehensione,

Quint. 1, 5, 14; 1, 11, 18; 9, 2, 68; Plin. 3, 1, praef. § 1; Tac. H. 1, 49:

citra reprehensionem,

Quint. 1, 5, 64; 8, 5, 34:

cum reprehensione,

id. 11, 3, 165:

reprehensionem capere,

to be found fault with, id. 5, 7, 1.— In plur.:

fore ut hic noster labor in varias reprehensiones incurreret,

Cic. Fin. 1, 1, 1.—

Transf.

Like our blame for the thing blamed, a fault:

Hermagoras, in plurimis admirandus, tantum diligentiae nimium solicitae, ut ipsa ejus reprehensio laude aliquā non indigna sit,

Quint. 3, 11, 22; cf.: usque ad emacitatis reprehensionem. Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 7.—

Rhet. t. t., a refutation, Cic. Inv. 1, 42, 78; id. Part. Or. 12, 44; id. de Or. 3, 54, 207; Quint. 9, 1, 34 (cf. reprehendo, II. B. 2.).