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nescio

  • 1 nescio

    ne-scĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a., not to know, to be ignorant (syn. ignoro):

    hunc nescire sat scio de illā amicā,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 48:

    nescis cui maledicas nunc viro,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 29:

    nec me pudet fateri nescire, quod nesciam,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 60:

    de Oropo opinor, sed certum nescio,

    id. Att. 12, 23, 2:

    quid nobis agendum sit, nescio,

    id. ib. 7, 12, 2:

    anima sit (animus) ignisve, nescio,

    id. Tusc. 1, 25, 60:

    nescis quantā cum expectatione sim te auditurus,

    you cannot think, id. N. D. 3, 1, 2:

    nescis, temeraria, nescis, Quem fugias,

    Ov. M. 1, 514:

    nobis omnia de te Quaerere, si nescis, maxima cura fuit,

    id. H. 17, 197; 20, 150:

    quod scis or scies, nescis, a formula used in advising another to keep a secret: ne tu hercle linguam comprimes Posthac: etiam illud quod scies nesciveris,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 89:

    tu nescis id quod scis, Dromo, si sapies,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 26; id. Eun. 4, 4, 55.—With acc. and inf.:

    nescibam id dicere illam,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 10:

    nescit Agenorides natam parvumque nepotem Aequoris esse deos,

    Ov. M. 4, 562.—With inf. alone:

    nescire Tarquinios privatos vivere,

    Liv. 2, 2, 3:

    gens, quae victa quiescere nesciat,

    id. 9, 3, 12; 22, 51, 4; Curt. 7, 7, 16; Just. 28, 3, 12; Aug. Serm. 330, 3.—
    (β).
    Pass.:

    utrum consistere uspiam velit an mare transire nescitur,

    Cic. Att. 7, 12, 2:

    talibus locis pruinarum vis et natura nescitur,

    Pall. 11, 4, 2:

    lis antea nescita,

    unknown, Sid. Ep. 8, 6.—
    (γ).
    Nescio quis, nescio quid, nescio quomodo, nescio an, used in an assertion to express uncertainty with regard to some particular contained [p. 1204] in it; and usually without influencing the mood of the following verb: nescio quis, I know not who, some one, somebody, a certain person: nescio quid, I know not what, something, some, a certain:

    prope me hic nescio quis loquitur,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 9:

    nescio quid profecto mihi animus praesagit mali,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 7:

    nisi me forte Paconii nescio cujus querelis moveri putes,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6:

    o pastores nescio quos cupidos litterarum,

    id. Flacc. 17, 39; in affected ignorance, to denote that a thing is insignificant, small, mean, etc.:

    fortasse non jejunum hoc nescio quid quod ego gessi, et contemnendum videtur,

    id. Fam. 15, 4, 14:

    quia nescio quid in philosophiā dissentiret,

    a little, id. N. D. 1, 33, 93:

    nescio quid litterularum,

    a short letter, id. Att. 15, 4, 1:

    rumoris nescio quid afflavit,

    id. ib. 16, 5, 1:

    causidicum nescio quem,

    id. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

    nescio quid e quercu exsculpseram,

    id. Att. 13, 28, 2:

    sententiae nescio unde ex abdito erutae,

    id. Or. 24, 79:

    nescio quid etiam de Locrorum proelio,

    id. N. D. 3, 5, 11:

    mente nescio quā effrenatā atque praecipiti,

    id. Cael. 15, 35:

    illud nescio quod non fortuitum, sed divinum videbatur,

    id. Fam. 7, 5, 2: nescio quid praeclarum, remarkable or extraordinary excellence, id. Arch. 7, 15:

    fit enim, nescio quomodo, ut, etc.,

    I know not how, id. Off. 1, 41, 146:

    boni nescio quomodo tardiores sunt,

    id. Sest. 47, 100:

    qui, nescio quo modo, conspirant,

    Nep. Alcib. 11, 1; id. Thras. 1, 3:

    casu nescio quo,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 3:

    alii nescio quo pacto obduruerunt,

    id. ib. 5, 15, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 18:

    sed ita fato nescio quo contigisse arbitror, ut, etc.,

    id. Fam. 15, 13, 2; cf.:

    contra rem suam me nescio quando venisse questus est,

    id. Phil. 2, 2, 3: nescio an, I know not whether, probably, perhaps:

    constantiam dico? nescio an melius patientiam possim dicere,

    id. Lig. 9, 26:

    sin illam alteram, nescio an amplius mihi negotii contrahatur,

    id. Cat. 4, 5, 9:

    ingens eo die res et nescio an maxima illo bello gesta sit,

    Liv. 23, 16; v. the art. an.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Not to know, to be unacquainted with a person or thing (mostly poet.):

    illa illum nescit,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 30; Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 16:

    non nescire hiemem,

    Verg. G. 1, 391:

    deos,

    Luc. 1, 453:

    litteras,

    Sen. Clem. 2, 1:

    vinum toto nescire Decembri,

    i. e. to abstain from, Juv. 7, 97.—
    B.
    Not to understand; to be unable:

    non tam praeclarum est scire Latine, quam turpe nescire,

    Cic. Brut. 37, 140; Juv. 6, 188:

    stare loco nescit, said of a horse,

    Verg. G. 3, 84:

    nescit vox missa reverti,

    cannot be unsaid, Hor. A. P. 390.—
    C.
    To be incapable:

    Stoici omnino irasci nesciunt,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 18, 65:

    qui nesciat irasci,

    Juv. 10, 360.—Hence, nescĭens, entis, P. a., unknowing, ignorant, unaware (class. nescius):

    ut nescientem sentiat te id sibi dare,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 59:

    nesciens sui,

    unconscious, App. Mag. p. 301, 9.—Hence, adv.: nescĭenter, unknowingly, ignorantly, Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 40.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > nescio

  • 2 nescio

    nescire, nescivi, nescitus V
    not know (how); be ignorant/unfamiliar/unaware/unacquinted; be unable/unwilling

    Latin-English dictionary > nescio

  • 3 nescio

    to be ignorant, be unaware, not know, be unkowing.

    Latin-English dictionary of medieval > nescio

  • 4 néscio

    nescient, ignorant

    Dicionário português (brasileiro)-Inglês > néscio

  • 5 Nescio quid dicas

    Latin Quotes (Latin to English) > Nescio quid dicas

  • 6 nomen nescio

    N. N. abk
    1. (nomen nescio) name unknown, N. N.
    2. → Normalnull

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > nomen nescio

  • 7 Nomen Nescio

    University: NN

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Nomen Nescio

  • 8 nē-sciō

        nē-sciō īvī, —, īre,    not to know, to be ignorant: quid agam nescio, T.: de Oropo opinor, sed certum nescio: animae sit (illa vis) ignisve, nescio: nescis, Quem fugias, O.: Tu nescis id quod scis, si sapies, i. e. keep closely secret, T.: nescibam id dicere illam, T.: vincere scis, victoriā uti nescis, L.: utrum velit... nescitur: futura, O.—With quis or quid, I know not who, some one, somebody, a certain person, I know not what, something, some, a certain: oblatum ab nescio quo inprobo, T.: postea quam nescio quid impendit: hoc nescio quid, quod ego gessi, this trifle: quia nescio quid in philosophiā dissentiret, a little: nescio quid litterularum, a sort of letter: Laetus est nescio quid, over something, T.: casu nescio quo: nescio quid praeclarum, indefinable excellence.—With quo modo, somehow, I know not how: fit enim, nescio quo modo, ut, etc.: qui, nescio quo modo, conspirant, N.—With quando, at some time or other: me nescio quando venisse questus est.—With an, I know not whether, probably, perhaps (softening an assertion): constantiam dico? nescio an melius patientiam possim dicere, perhaps I might better say: nescio an modum excesserint, L.—Not to know, to be unacquainted with: Nescio alias, i. e. how others may act, T.: eas artīs: hiemem, V.: vinum toto nescire Decembri, i. e. abstain from, Iu.—Not to understand, to be unable: scire Latine... nescire: stare loco nescit (of a horse), V.: nescit vox missa reverti, cannot be unsaid, H.: irasci: Uxor invicti Iovis esse nescis, know not how to be, H.

    Latin-English dictionary > nē-sciō

  • 9 an

    1.
    ăn, conj. [etym. very obscure; v. the various views adduced in Hand, I. p. 296, with which he seems dissatisfied; if it is connected with the Sanscr. anjas, = Germ. ander, = Engl. other, we may comp. the Engl. other and or with the Germ. oder, = or]. It introduces the second part of a disjunctive interrogation, or a phrase implying doubt, and thus unites in itself the signif. of aut and num or -ne, or, or whether (hence the clause with an is entirely parallel with that introduced by num, utrum, -ne, etc., while aut forms only a subdivision in the single disjunctive clause; utrum... aut—an... aut, whether... or, etc.; cf. Ochsn. Eclog. p. 150; v. also aut).
    I.
    In disjunctive interrogations.
    A.
    Direct.
    a.
    Introd. by utrum (in Engl. the introd. particle whether is now obsolete, and the interrogation is denoted simply by the order of the words):

    Utrum hac me feriam an ab laevā latus?

    Plaut. Cist. 3, 10:

    sed utrum tu amicis hodie an inimicis tuis Daturu's cenam?

    id. Ps. 3, 2, 88; id. Pers. 3, 1, 13; id. Trin. 1, 2, 138; id. Cas. 2, 4, 11:

    Utrum sit annon voltis?

    id. Am. prol. 56:

    quid facies? Utrum hoc tantum crimen praetermittes an obicies?

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 30 sq.:

    in plebem vero Romanam utrum superbiam prius commemorem an crudelitatem?

    id. Verr. 1, 122; id. Deiot. 23; id. Fam. 7, 13:

    Utrum enim defenditis an impugnatis plebem?

    Liv. 5, 3. —And with an twice:

    Utrum hoc signum cupiditatis tuae an tropaeum necessitudinis atque hospitii an amoris indicium esse voluisti?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 115; id. Imp. Pomp. 57 sq.; id. Rab. 21.—With an three times:

    Utrum res ab initio ita ducta est, an ad extremum ita perducta, an ita parva est pecunia, an is (homo) Verres, ut haec quae dixi, gratis facta esse videantur?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 61; 3, 83; id. Clu. 183; Liv. 21, 10; and seven times in Cic. Dom. 56-58.—With -ne pleon. (not to be confounded with cases where utrum precedes as pron.; as Cic. Tusc. 4, 4, 9):

    sed utrum tu masne an femina es, qui illum patrem voces?

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 16; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 42; id. Stich. 5, 4, 26:

    Utrum studione id sibi habet an laudi putat Fore, si etc.,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 28:

    Utrum igitur tandem perspicuisne dubia aperiuntur an dubiis perspicua tolluntur?

    Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67.—And affixed to utrum, but rarely:

    Utrumne jussi persequemur otium... an hunc laborem etc.,

    Hor. Epod. 1, 7; Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 4; Quint. 12, 1, 40.—
    b.
    Introduced by -ne:

    quid fit? seditio tabetne an numeros augificat suos?

    Enn. Trag. Rel. p. 23 Rib.:

    servos esne an liber?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 186:

    idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?

    Cic. Lig. 18; 23:

    custosne urbis an direptor et vexator esset Antonius?

    id. Phil. 3, 27; id. Mur. 88; id. Sull. 22.—

    So with an twice,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 28; id. Att. 16, 8;

    and five times,

    id. Balb. 9.—
    c.
    Introduced by nonne:

    Nonne ad servos videtis rem publicam venturam fuisse? An mihi ipsi fuit mors aequo animo oppetenda?

    Cic. Sest. 47; id. Sex. Rosc. 43 sq.; id. Dom. 26; 127.—So with an twice, Cic. Phil. 11, 36.—
    d.
    Introduced by num:

    si quis invidiae metus, num est vehementius severitatis invidia quam inertiae pertimescenda?

    Cic. Cat. 1, 29; id. Mur. 76; id. Sest. 80:

    Num quid duas habetis patrias an est illa patria communis?

    id. Leg. 2, 2.—
    e.
    Without introductory particle:

    quid igitur? haec vera an falsa sunt?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 95:

    quid enim exspectas? bellum an tabulas novas?

    id. Cat. 2, 18:

    ipse percussit an aliis occidendum dedit?

    id. Sex. Rosc. 74; id. Verr. 2, 106; id. Imp. Pomp. 53; id. Phil. 2, 27:

    eloquar an sileam?

    Verg. A. 3, 37:

    auditis an me ludit amabilis Insania?

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 5.—So an twice, Cic. Mil. 54;

    three times,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 8;

    and six times,

    Cic. Rab. 14; id. Pis. 40.—
    B.
    Indirect.
    a.
    Introduced by utrum:

    quid tu, malum, curas, Utrum crudum an coctum edim?

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 16; id. Cist. 4, 2, 11; id. Bacch. 3, 4, 1; id. Mil. 2, 3, 74:

    quaero, si quis... utrum is clemens an inhumanissimus esse videatur,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 12:

    agitur, utrum M. Antonio facultas detur an horum ei facere nihil liceat,

    id. Phil. 5, 6; id. Sex. Rosc. 72; id. Imp. Pomp. 42; id. Verr. 1, 105.
    ► So once only in Vulg.
    aut for an: Loquimini de me utrum bovem cujusquam tulerim aut asinum, 1 Reg. 12, 3.—And with -ne pleon.:

    res in discrimine versatur, utrum possitne se contra luxuriem parsimonia defendere an deformata cupiditati addicatur,

    Cic. Quinct. 92:

    numquamne intelleges statuendum tibi esse, utrum illi, qui istam rem gesserunt, homicidaene sint an vindices libertatis?

    id. Phil. 2, 30.—
    b.
    Introduced by -ne:

    Fortunāne an forte repertus,

    Att. Trag. Rel. p. 159 Rib. agitur autem liberine vivamus an mortem obeamus, Cic. Phil. 11, 24; id. Verr. 4, 73; id. Mil. 16:

    nunc vero non id agitur, bonisne an malis moribus vivamus etc.,

    Sall. C. 52, 10.—So with an three times, Cic. Or. 61.—
    c.
    Introduced by an:

    haud scio an malim te videri... an amicos tuos plus habuisse,

    Cic. Pis. 39.—
    d.
    Without introd. particle:

    ... vivam an moriar, nulla in me est metus,

    Enn. Trag. Rel. p. 72 Rib.:

    vivat an mortuus sit, quis aut scit aut curat?

    Cic. Phil. 13, 33; 3, 18; id. Sex. Rosc. 88; id. Red. in Sen. 14.—
    C.
    Sometimes the opinion of the speaker or the probability inclines to the second interrogative clause (cf. infra, II. E.). and this is made emphatic, as a corrective of the former, or rather, or on the contrary:

    ea quae dixi ad corpusne refers? an est aliquid, quod te suā sponte delectet?

    Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 107:

    Cur sic agere voluistis? An ignoratis quod etc.,

    Vulg. Gen. 44, 15.—Hence, in the comic poets, an potius:

    cum animo depugnat suo, Utrum itane esse mavelit ut... An ita potius ut etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 31: id. Stich. 1, 2, 18; id. Trin. 2, 2, 25:

    an id flagitium est, An potius hoc patri aequomst fieri, ut a me ludatur dolis?

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 94.—
    D.
    The first part of the interrogation is freq. not expressed, but is to be supplied from the context; in this case, an begins the interrog., or, or rather, or indeed, or perhaps (but it does not begin an absolute, i. e. not disjunctive, interrog.): De. Credam ego istuc, si esse te hilarem videro. Ar. An tu esse me tristem putas? (where nonne me hilarem esse vides? is implied), Plaut. As. 5, 1, 10: Ch. Sed Thaïs multon ante venit? Py. An abiit jam a milite? Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 7:

    An ego Ulixem obliscar umquam?

    Att. Trag. Rel. p. 199 Rib.:

    An parum vobis est quod peccatis?

    Vulg. Josh. 22, 17:

    est igitur aliquid, quod perturbata mens melius possit facere quam constans? an quisquam potest sine perturbatione mentis irasci?

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 24, 54; cf. id. Clu. 22; id. Off. 3, 29: Debes hoc etiam rescribere, sit tibi curae Quantae conveniat Munatius; an male sarta Gratia nequiquam coit...? or is perhaps, etc., Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 31 K. and H. —So esp. in Cic., in order to make the truth of an assertion more certain, by an argumentum a minore ad majus:

    cur (philosophus) pecuniam magno opere desideret vel potius curet omnino? an Scythes Anacharsis potuit pro nihilo pecuniam ducere, nostrates philosophi non potuerunt?

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 89 sq.:

    An vero P. Scipio T. Gracchum privatus interfecit, Catilinam vero nos consules perferemus?

    id. Cat. 1, 1; so id. Rab. Perd. 5; id. Phil. 14, 5, 12 Muret.; id. Fin. 1, 2, 5, ubi v. Madv.—It sometimes introduces a question suggested by the words of another: He. Mane. Non dum audisti, Demea, Quod est gravissimum? De. An quid est etiam anplius? Is there then etc., Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 21:

    sed ad haec, nisi molestum est, habeo quae velim. An me, inquam, nisi te audire vellem censes haec dicturum fuisse?

    Cic. Fin. 1, 8, 28; 2, 22, 74; id. Tusc. 5, 26, 73; 5, 12, 35; id. Brut. 184; id. Fat. 2, 4; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 1, 8, 28.—It sometimes anticipates an answer to something going before: At vero si ad vitem sensus accesserit, ut appetitum quendam habeat et per se ipsa moveatur, quid facturam putas? An ea, quae per vinitorem antea consequebatur, per se ipsa curabit? shall we not say that, must we not think that etc., Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 38, ubi v. Madv.—
    E.
    An non. and in one word, annon (in direct questions more freq. than necne):

    isne est quem quaero an non?

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 12:

    Hocine agis an non?

    id. And. 1, 2, 15:

    Tibi ego dico an non?

    id. ib. 4, 4, 23:

    utrum sit an non voltis?

    Plaut. Am. prol. 56:

    utrum cetera nomina in codicem accepti et expensi digesta habes annon?

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 3 al. —Also in indirect questions = necne, q. v.:

    abi, vise redieritne jam an non dum domum,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 4, 5:

    videbo utrum clamorem opere conpleverint, an non est ita,

    Vulg. Gen. 18, 21; 24, 21.—
    F.
    An ne, usually written anne, pleon. for an.
    a.
    In direct questions:

    anne tu dicis quā ex causā vindicaveris?

    Cic. Mur. 26. —
    b.
    In indirect questions:

    nec. aequom anne iniquom imperet, cogitabit,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 19; id. Ps. 1, 1, 122:

    percontarier, Utrum aurum reddat anne eat secum simul,

    id. Bacch. 4, 1, 4:

    Nam quid ego de consulato loquar, parto vis, anue gesto?

    Cic. Pis. 1, 3:

    cum interrogetur, tria pauca sint anne multa,

    id. Ac. 2, 29:

    Gabinio dicam anne Pompeio, an utrique,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 57; so id. Or. 61, 206:

    Quid enim interest, divitias, opes, valetudinem bona dicas anne praeposita, cum etc.,

    id. Fin. 4, 9, 23 Madv.; August. ap. Suet. Aug. 69 al. (for the omission of the second disjunctive clause or the particle necne representing it, v. utrum;

    instances of this usage in eccl. Lat. are,

    Vulg. Lev. 13, 36; 14, 36; ib. Num. 11, 23 al.).—
    II.
    In disjunctive clauses that express doubt, or.
    A.
    Utrum stultitiā facere ego hunc an malitiā Dicam, scientem an imprudentem, incertus sum. Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 54:

    ut nescias, utrum res oratione an verba sententiis illustrentur,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56:

    honestumne factu sit an turpe, dubitant,

    id. Off. 1, 3, 9:

    nescio, gratulerne tibi an timeam,

    id. Fam. 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 7, 5:

    pecuniae an famae minus parceret, haud facile discerneres,

    Sall. C. 25, 3; so id. ib. 52, 10; Suet. Aug. 19; id. Tib. 10; id. Claud. 15:

    cognoscet de doctrinā, utrum ex Deo sit an ego a me ipso loquar,

    Vulg. Joan. 7, 17; ib. Eccl. 2, 19 al.—
    B.
    An sometimes denotes uncertainty by itself, without a verb of doubting (dubito, dubium or incertum est, etc., vet in such cases the editors are divided between an and aut; cf. Mos. and Orell. ad Cic. Rep. 1, 12): verene hoc memoriae proditum est [p. 115] regem istum Numam Pythagorae ipsius discipulum, an certe Pythagoreum fuisse? Cic. Rep. 2, 15, where B. and K. read aut certe: Cn. Octavius est an Cn. Cornelius quidam tuus familiaris, summo genere natus, terrae filius;

    is etc.,

    id. Fam. 7, 9 B. and K.:

    Themistocles quidem, cum ei Simonides an quis alius artem memoriae polliceretur, Oblivionis, inquit, mallem,

    Simonides or some other person, id. Fin. 2, 32, 104; id. Fam. 7, 9, 3; id. Att. 1, 3, 2; 2, 7, 3; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 104.—
    C.
    It often stands for sive (so esp. in and after the Aug. per.):

    quod sit an non, nihil commovet analogiam,

    whether this be so or not, Varr. L. L. 9, § 105 Müll.; Att. ap. Prisc. p. 677 P.; Ov. R. Am. 797:

    saucius an sanus, numquid tua signa reliqui,

    id. F. 4, 7:

    Illa mihi referet, si nostri mutua curast, An minor, an toto pectore deciderim,

    Tib. 3, 1, 20; Tac. A. 11, 26:

    sive nullam opem praevidebat inermis atque exul, seu taedio ambiguae spei an amore conjugis et liberorum,

    id. ib. 14, 59.—
    D.
    The first disjunctive clause is freq. to be supplied from the gen. idea or an may stand for utrum—necne (cf. supra, I. D.):

    qui scis, an, quae jubeam, sine vi faciat? (vine coactus is to be supplied),

    how knowest thou whether or not he will do it without compulsion? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 20:

    An dolo malo factum sit, ambigitur,

    Cic. Tull. 23:

    quaesivi an misisset (periplasmata),

    id. Verr. 4, 27:

    Vide an facile fieri tu potueris, cum etc.,

    id. Fragm. B. 13, 2, 1:

    praebete aurem et videte an mentiar,

    Vulg. Job, 6, 28: de L. Bruto fortasse dubitaverim an propter infinitum odium tyranni effrenatius in Aruntem invaserit, I might doubt whether or not, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50; id. Verr. 3, 76:

    Quis scit an adiciant hodiernae crastina summae Tempora di superi?

    Hor. C. 4, 7, 17; Plin. Ep. 6, 21, 3; Quint. 2, 17, 38:

    Sine videamus an veniat Elias,

    Vulg. Matt. 27, 49:

    tria sine dubio rursus spectanda sunt, an sit, quid sit, quale sit,

    Quint. 5, 10, 53:

    dubium an quaesitā morte,

    Tac. A. 1, 5; 6, 50; 4, 74:

    Multitudo an vindicatura Bessum fuerit, incertum est,

    Curt. 7, 5:

    diu Lacedaemonii, an eum summae rei praeponerent, deliberaverunt,

    Just. 6, 2, 4 et saep.—
    E.
    Since in such distrib. sentences expressive of doubt, the opinion of the speaker or the probability usually inclines to the second, i. e. to the clause beginning with an, the expressions haud scio an, nescio an, dubito an (the latter through all pers. and tenses), incline to an affirmative signification, I almost know, I am inclined to think, I almost think, I might say, I might assert that, etc., for perhaps, probably (hence the opinion is incorrect that an, in this situation, stands for an non; for by an non a negation of the objective clause is expressed, e. g. nescio an non beatus sit, I am almost of the opinion that he is not happy, v. infra, and cf. Beier ad Cic. Off. 1, Exc. XI. p. 335 sq.; Cic. uses haud scio an eleven times in his Orations;

    nescio an, four times): atque haud scio an, quae dixit sint vera omnia,

    Ter. And. 3, 2, 45:

    crudele gladiatorum spectaculum et inhumanum non nullis videri solet: et haud scio an ita sit, ut nunc fit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41; id. Fl. 26:

    testem non mediocrem, sed haud scio an gravissimum,

    perhaps, id. Off. 3, 29:

    constantiam dico? nescio an melius patientiam possim dicere,

    id. Lig. 9; id. Fam. 9, 19:

    ingens eo die res, ac nescio an maxima illo bello gesta sit,

    Liv. 23, 16; Quint. 12, 11, 7 al.:

    si per se virtus sine fortunā ponderanda sit, dubito an Thrasybulum primum omuium ponam,

    I am not certain whether I should not prefer Thrasybulus to all others, Nep. Thras. 1 Dähne:

    dicitur acinace stricto Darius dubitāsse an fugae dedecus honestā morte vitaret,

    i. e. was almost resolved upon, Curt. 4, 5, 30:

    ego dubito an id improprium potius appellem,

    Quint. 1, 5, 46; Gell. 1, 3 al.—Hence, a neg. objective clause must contain in this connection the words non, nemo, nullus, nihil, numquam, nusquam, etc.:

    dubitet an turpe non sit,

    he is inclined to believe that it is not bad, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50:

    haud scio an ne opus quidem sit, nihil umquam deesse amicis,

    id. Am. 14, 51:

    eloquentiā quidem nescio an habuisset parem neminem,

    id. Brut. 33: quod cum omnibus est faciendum tum haud scio an nemini potius quam tibi, to no one perhaps more, id. Off. 3, 2, 6:

    meā sententiā haud scio an nulla beatior esse possit,

    id. Sen. 16; id. Leg. 1, 21:

    non saepe atque haud scio an numquam,

    id. Or. 2, 7 al. —
    F.
    Sometimes the distributive clause beginning with an designates directly the opposite, the more improbable, the negative; in which case nescio an, haud scio an, etc., like the Engl. I know not whether, signify I think that not, I believe that not, etc.; hence, in the object. clause, aliquis, quisquam, ullus, etc., must stand instead of nemo, nullus, etc. (so for the most part only after Cic.): an profecturus sim, nescio, I know not (i. e. I doubt, I am not confident) whether I shall effect any thing, Sen. Ep. 25:

    opus nescio an superabile, magnum certe tractemus,

    id. Q. N. 3, praef. 4; Caecil. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: haud scio an vivere nobis liceret, I know not whether we, etc., Cic. Har. Resp. 11, 22: doleo enim maximam feminam eripi oculis civitatis, nescio an aliquid simile visuris, for I know not whether they will ever see any thing of this kind, Plin. Ep. 7, 19; Val. Max. 5, 2, 9:

    nescio an ullum tempus jucundius exegerim,

    I do not know whether I have ever passed time more pleasantly, id. 3, 1:

    namque huic uni contigit, quod nescio an ulli,

    Nep. Timol. 1, 1; Sen. Contr. 3 praef.; Quint. 9, 4, 1:

    nostri quoque soloecum, soloecismum nescio an umquam dixerint,

    Gell. 5, 20 al. Cf. upon this word Hand, Turs. I. pp. 296-361, and Beier, Exc. ad Cic. Am. pp. 202-238.
    2.
    an-, v. ambi.
    3.
    - ăn. This word appears in forsan, forsitan, and fortasse an (Att. Trag. Rel. p. 151 Rib.) or fortassan, seeming to enhance the idea of uncertainty and doubt belonging to fors, etc., and is regarded by some as the Greek conditional particle an, and indeed one of these compounds, forsitan, sometimes in the Vulgate, translates an; as, Joan. 4, 10; 5, 46; 8, 19; and in 3, Joan. 9, it still represents the various reading, an.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > an

  • 10 anónimo

    adj.
    anonymous, nameless, unidentified, unnamed.
    m.
    anonymous letter, anonymous note.
    * * *
    1 (desconocido) anonymous
    2 (sociedad) limited, US incorporated
    1 (carta) anonymous letter; (obra) anonymous work
    2 (anonimato) anonymity
    ————————
    1 (carta) anonymous letter; (obra) anonymous work
    2 (anonimato) anonymity
    * * *
    (f. - anónima)
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ anonymous; ver sociedad 3)
    2. SM
    1) (=anonimato) anonymity

    conservar o guardar el anónimo — to remain anonymous

    2) (=persona) anonymous person
    3) (=carta) anonymous letter; (=carta maliciosa) poison-pen letter; (=documento) anonymous document; (=obra literaria) unsigned literary work
    * * *
    I
    - ma adjetivo anonymous
    II
    masculino ( carta) anonymous letter; ( obra) anonymous work
    * * *
    = anonymous, anonym, unnamed, incognito, nameless, faceless, hit-and-run, nomen nescio [N.N.].
    Ex. According to Cutter's definitions, anonymous means 'published without the author's name'; a pseudonym is 'a fictitious name assumed by the author to conceal his identity'.
    Ex. The introduction defines 'related works' as 'collective biographies, biobibliographies, collections of epitaphs, selected genealogical works, and dictionaries of anonyms and pseudonyms'.
    Ex. The author examines a case study of a power struggle over a reviewer critique within an unnamed 'Ivy League' university.
    Ex. Anonymity reflects the desire of an author to remain incognito.
    Ex. Her most recent collection is a numb poem focused on the nameless slave who saved Oedipus.
    Ex. Two faceless, 30-inch unisex dolls were designed to represent the child.
    Ex. But on the other hand, these electronic message boards can have a hit-and-run quality where vitriolic or off-topic comments are posted by contributors hidden in the safety of anonymity.
    Ex. Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.
    ----
    * Alcohólicos Anónimos = Alcoholics Anonymous.
    * evaluación anónima = blind review.
    * obra anónima = anonymous work.
    * obra anónima clásica = anonymous classic.
    * sistema de evaluación anónima = double-blind.
    * sistema de evaluación por pares anónima = double-blind refereeing system.
    * * *
    I
    - ma adjetivo anonymous
    II
    masculino ( carta) anonymous letter; ( obra) anonymous work
    * * *
    = anonymous, anonym, unnamed, incognito, nameless, faceless, hit-and-run, nomen nescio [N.N.].

    Ex: According to Cutter's definitions, anonymous means 'published without the author's name'; a pseudonym is 'a fictitious name assumed by the author to conceal his identity'.

    Ex: The introduction defines 'related works' as 'collective biographies, biobibliographies, collections of epitaphs, selected genealogical works, and dictionaries of anonyms and pseudonyms'.
    Ex: The author examines a case study of a power struggle over a reviewer critique within an unnamed 'Ivy League' university.
    Ex: Anonymity reflects the desire of an author to remain incognito.
    Ex: Her most recent collection is a numb poem focused on the nameless slave who saved Oedipus.
    Ex: Two faceless, 30-inch unisex dolls were designed to represent the child.
    Ex: But on the other hand, these electronic message boards can have a hit-and-run quality where vitriolic or off-topic comments are posted by contributors hidden in the safety of anonymity.
    Ex: Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.
    * Alcohólicos Anónimos = Alcoholics Anonymous.
    * evaluación anónima = blind review.
    * obra anónima = anonymous work.
    * obra anónima clásica = anonymous classic.
    * sistema de evaluación anónima = double-blind.
    * sistema de evaluación por pares anónima = double-blind refereeing system.

    * * *
    anónimo1 -ma
    1 ‹carta/obra› anonymous
    una obra de autor anónimo a work by an anonymous author
    2 (normal, no especial) anonymous, unexceptional
    1 (carta) anonymous letter
    2 (obra) anonymous work
    * * *

    anónimo
    ◊ -ma adjetivo

    anonymous
    anónimo,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (desconocido) anonymous
    2 Com sociedad anónima., public limited company (PLC), US corporation
    II m (carta) anonymous letter

    ' anónimo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    anónima
    - negra
    - negro
    English:
    anonymous
    - faceless
    - nameless
    - poison
    * * *
    anónimo, -a
    ♦ adj
    [libro, obra] anonymous;
    un comunicante anónimo reivindicó el atentado an anonymous caller claimed responsibility for the attack
    ♦ nm
    [escrito] anonymous letter; [cuadro] unsigned painting
    * * *
    I adj anonymous
    II m poison pen letter
    * * *
    anónimo, -ma adj
    : anonymous
    * * *
    anónimo adj anonymous

    Spanish-English dictionary > anónimo

  • 11 desconocido

    adj.
    1 unknown, anonymous, unfamiliar, obscure.
    2 undiscovered, strange, uncharted.
    f. & m.
    stranger, unidentified individual, unknown individual.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desconocer.
    * * *
    1→ link=desconocer desconocer
    1 (no conocido) unknown
    2 (no reconocido) unrecognized
    3 (extraño) strange, unfamiliar
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 stranger, unknown person
    1 the unknown
    \
    estar desconocido,-a to be unrecognizable
    * * *
    1. (f. - desconocida)
    noun
    2. (f. - desconocida)
    adj.
    * * *
    desconocido, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [gen] unknown
    2)

    estar desconocido: con ese traje estás desconocido — I'd hardly recognize you o you're unrecognizable in that suit

    después del divorcio está desconocido — he's a changed person o he's like a different person since the divorce

    2.
    SM / F stranger
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) <hecho/método/sensación> unknown
    b) <artista/atleta> unknown
    c) < persona> ( extraño)
    d) (fam) ( irreconocible)

    ahora hasta plancha, está desconocido — he's like a different man, he even does the ironing

    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    a) ( no conocido) stranger
    * * *
    = stranger, unfamiliar, unheard of, unidentified, unknown, unrecognised [unrecognized, -USA], outsider, uncharted, unchartered, unheard, unnoticed, unnoted, nomen nescio [N.N.].
    Ex. Many Americans viewed this influx of strangers with alarm.
    Ex. We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.
    Ex. Hypermedia offers unheard of opportunities to gain insight into the way young people perceive, process and use information.
    Ex. Names of speakers from the audience which were not clear from the tapes are listed as ' unidentified'.
    Ex. Works with unknown or uncertain personal authorship, or works emanating from a body that lacks a name are to be entered under title.
    Ex. It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.
    Ex. The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.
    Ex. News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.
    Ex. This author agrees that the facts listed above are unchartered.
    Ex. As professionals are informed about the often unspoken and unheard stories relating to hearing loss, they can then serve with greater knowledge, empathy, and hope.
    Ex. By retrieving and bringing together these two literatures, that implicit unstated, and perhaps unnoticed hypothesis becomes apparent.
    Ex. This approach draws attention to hitherto unnoted relationships among concepts.
    Ex. Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.
    ----
    * algo desconocido = virgin territory.
    * de causas desconocidas = idiopathic.
    * desconocido, lo = unfamiliar, the, unknown, the.
    * Dimensión Desconocida = The Twilight Zone.
    * hablar en lengua desconocida = talk in + tongues.
    * líquido desconocido = foreign substance.
    * miedo a lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.
    * miedo hacia lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.
    * moverse en terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.
    * pisar terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.
    * producto desconocido = foreign substance.
    * salto hacia lo desconocido = leap into + the unknown.
    * ser desconocido para = be alien to.
    * ser un desconocido = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.
    * sustancia desconocida = foreign substance.
    * terreno desconocido = unchartered territory, unchartered waters.
    * territorio desconocido = unfamiliar territory, unchartered territory, unchartered waters.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) <hecho/método/sensación> unknown
    b) <artista/atleta> unknown
    c) < persona> ( extraño)
    d) (fam) ( irreconocible)

    ahora hasta plancha, está desconocido — he's like a different man, he even does the ironing

    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    a) ( no conocido) stranger
    * * *
    = stranger, unfamiliar, unheard of, unidentified, unknown, unrecognised [unrecognized, -USA], outsider, uncharted, unchartered, unheard, unnoticed, unnoted, nomen nescio [N.N.].

    Ex: Many Americans viewed this influx of strangers with alarm.

    Ex: We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.
    Ex: Hypermedia offers unheard of opportunities to gain insight into the way young people perceive, process and use information.
    Ex: Names of speakers from the audience which were not clear from the tapes are listed as ' unidentified'.
    Ex: Works with unknown or uncertain personal authorship, or works emanating from a body that lacks a name are to be entered under title.
    Ex: It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.
    Ex: The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.
    Ex: News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.
    Ex: This author agrees that the facts listed above are unchartered.
    Ex: As professionals are informed about the often unspoken and unheard stories relating to hearing loss, they can then serve with greater knowledge, empathy, and hope.
    Ex: By retrieving and bringing together these two literatures, that implicit unstated, and perhaps unnoticed hypothesis becomes apparent.
    Ex: This approach draws attention to hitherto unnoted relationships among concepts.
    Ex: Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.
    * algo desconocido = virgin territory.
    * de causas desconocidas = idiopathic.
    * desconocido, lo = unfamiliar, the, unknown, the.
    * Dimensión Desconocida = The Twilight Zone.
    * hablar en lengua desconocida = talk in + tongues.
    * líquido desconocido = foreign substance.
    * miedo a lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.
    * miedo hacia lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.
    * moverse en terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.
    * pisar terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.
    * producto desconocido = foreign substance.
    * salto hacia lo desconocido = leap into + the unknown.
    * ser desconocido para = be alien to.
    * ser un desconocido = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.
    * sustancia desconocida = foreign substance.
    * terreno desconocido = unchartered territory, unchartered waters.
    * territorio desconocido = unfamiliar territory, unchartered territory, unchartered waters.

    * * *
    1 ‹razón/hecho› unknown; ‹métodos/sensación› unknown
    por razones desconocidas vendió todo y se fue for some unknown reason he sold up and left
    partió con destino desconocido she set off for an unknown destination
    su rostro no me era del todo desconocido his face wasn't wholly unfamiliar to me
    una sensación de terror hasta entonces desconocida a feeling of terror the like of which I/he had never experienced before
    técnicas hasta ahora desconocidas hitherto unknown techniques
    su obra es prácticamente desconocida en Europa her work is practically unknown in Europe
    de origen desconocido of unknown origin
    lo desconocido siempre lo ha intrigado he has always been fascinated by the unknown
    2 ‹artista/atleta› unknown
    3 ‹persona›
    (extraño): una persona desconocida a stranger
    4 ( fam)
    (irreconocible): con ese peinado nuevo está desconocida she's unrecognizable o totally changed with her new hairstyle
    ahora hasta plancha, está desconocido he's like a different man o he's a changed person, he even does the ironing
    masculine, feminine
    1 (no conocido) stranger
    no hables con desconocidos don't talk to strangers
    2
    (no identificado): fue atacado por unos desconocidos he was attacked by unknown assailants
    un desconocido le asestó una puñalada he was stabbed by an unidentified person o by someone whose identity has not been established
    * * *

     

    Del verbo desconocer: ( conjugate desconocer)

    desconocido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    desconocer    
    desconocido
    desconocer ( conjugate desconocer) verbo transitivo
    a) ( no conocer):


    desconocía este hecho I was unaware of this fact


    desconocido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ( en general) unknown;

    un cantante desconocido an unknown singer;
    una persona desconocida a stranger
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( no conocido) stranger
    desconocer verbo transitivo
    1 (no saber) not to know, to be unaware of
    2 (no reconocer, encontrar muy cambiado) to fail to recognize: ¿tú maquillada?, te desconozco, you with make up?, I can hardly recognize you
    desconocido,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 unknown
    una voz desconocida, an unfamiliar voice
    2 (irreconocible) unrecognizable: estás desconocida, you have changed a lot
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino stranger
    III sustantivo masculino lo desconocido, the unknown

    ' desconocido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    anónima
    - anónimo
    - desconocida
    - incierta
    - incierto
    - inédita
    - inédito
    - paradero
    - extraño
    - miedo
    - perfecto
    English:
    mate
    - obscure
    - strange
    - stranger
    - undiscovered
    - unfamiliar
    - unknown
    - blind
    - outsider
    - perfect
    * * *
    desconocido, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [no conocido] unknown;
    su cine es del todo desconocido en Europa his movies are totally unknown in Europe;
    elementos químicos entonces desconocidos chemical elements then unknown;
    una enfermedad hasta ahora desconocida a hitherto unknown illness;
    por causas todavía desconocidas for reasons as yet unknown o which are still unknown;
    nació en 1821, de padre desconocido he was born in 1821, and it is not known who his father was;
    el mundo de lo desconocido the world of the unknown;
    2. [extraño]
    no dé su teléfono o dirección a personas desconocidas don't give your telephone number or address to strangers
    3. [sin fama] unknown;
    escritores jóvenes, casi desconocidos young, almost unknown, writers
    4. [muy cambiado]
    estar desconocido to have changed beyond all recognition;
    ¿ya no fumas ni bebes? ¡chico, estás desconocido! you don't smoke or drink any more? well, well, you're a changed man!;
    el viejo bar estaba desconocido the old bar was unrecognizable;
    así, sin gafas, estás desconocido like that, with no glasses, you're unrecognizable
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [extraño] stranger;
    hablar con un desconocido to talk to a stranger;
    no le abras la puerta a desconocidos don't open the door to strangers
    2. [persona sin fama] unknown;
    le dieron el premio a un (perfecto) desconocido they gave the prize to a complete unknown
    3. [persona sin identificar] unidentified person;
    un desconocido le disparó un tiro en la cabeza he was shot in the head by an unknown assailant;
    tres desconocidos prendieron fuego a varias tiendas several shops were set on fire by three unidentified persons
    * * *
    I adj unknown
    II m, desconocida f stranger
    * * *
    desconocido, -da adj
    : unknown, unfamiliar
    desconocido, -da n
    extraño: stranger
    * * *
    1. (no conocido) unknown
    2. (extraño) strange / unfamiliar
    desconocido2 n stranger

    Spanish-English dictionary > desconocido

  • 12 fulano

    m.
    so-and-so, John Doe, somebody or other, what-d'ye-call-him.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 so-and-so (hombre) what's his name; (mujer) what's her name
    1 familiar peyorativo guy, GB bloke
    \
    Don Fulano de tal Mr so-and-so
    Doña Fulana de tal Mrs so-and-so
    ————————
    1 familiar peyorativo guy, GB bloke
    * * *
    - na masculino, femenino
    a) (fam) ( persona cualquiera) so-and-so

    siempre tiene que invitar a fulano, mengano, zutano (y perengano) — she always invites every Tom, Dick, and Harry

    b) fulano masculino (fam) ( tipo) guy (colloq)
    * * *
    = nomen nescio [N.N.], Tom, Dick and Harry.
    Ex. Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.
    Ex. Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.
    ----
    * cualquier fulano = any Tom, Dick or Harry.
    * fulano de tal = so-and-so.
    * * *
    - na masculino, femenino
    a) (fam) ( persona cualquiera) so-and-so

    siempre tiene que invitar a fulano, mengano, zutano (y perengano) — she always invites every Tom, Dick, and Harry

    b) fulano masculino (fam) ( tipo) guy (colloq)
    * * *
    = nomen nescio [N.N.], Tom, Dick and Harry.

    Ex: Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.

    Ex: Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.
    * cualquier fulano = any Tom, Dick or Harry.
    * fulano de tal = so-and-so.

    * * *
    fulano -na
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( fam) (persona cualquiera) so-and-so
    al final recibí una carta de don fulano de tal del departamento de ventas finally I got a letter from a Mr so-and-so o a Mr somebody-or-other in the sales department
    no paraba de hablar: que si fulanito hizo esto, que si menganita lo otro … she wouldn't stop talking: so-and-so did this, what's-her-name did that …
    2
    fulano masculine ( fam) (tipo) guy ( colloq), bloke ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    fulano
    ◊ -na sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) ( persona cualquiera) so-and-so;

    don fulano de tal Mr so-and-so
    ■ sustantivo masculino (fam) ( tipo) guy (colloq)
    fulano,-a m,f (sustituyendo el nombre) so-and-so
    Don Fulano de tal, Mr So-and-so

    ' fulano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fulana
    - zutana
    - zutano
    English:
    so-and-so
    - you-know-who
    - so
    * * *
    fulano, -a
    ♦ nm,f
    [hombre] so-and-so, what's-his-name; [mujer] so-and-so, what's-her-name;
    siempre se queja, que si fulano no le habla, que si mengano le molesta… she's always complaining, either it's someone who won't talk to her, or someone's bothering her…;
    (don) fulano de tal Br Joe Bloggs, US John Doe
    ♦ nm
    Br bloke, US guy;
    vino un fulano preguntando por ti there was a Br bloke o US guy looking for you
    * * *
    m so-and-so
    * * *
    fulano, -na n
    : so-and-so, what's-his-name, what's-her-name
    fulano, mengano, y zutano: Tom, Dick, and Harry
    señora fulana de tal: Mrs. so-and-so
    * * *
    fulano n so and so

    Spanish-English dictionary > fulano

  • 13 mengano

    m.
    what's-his name.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 so-and-so
    * * *
    mengano, -a
    SM / F Mr/Mrs/Miss so-and-so fulano
    * * *
    - na masculino, femenino: ver fulano
    * * *
    = nomen nescio [N.N.], Tom, Dick and Harry.
    Ex. Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.
    Ex. Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.
    * * *
    - na masculino, femenino: ver fulano
    * * *
    = nomen nescio [N.N.], Tom, Dick and Harry.

    Ex: Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.

    Ex: Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.

    * * *
    mengano -na
    masculine, feminine
    * * *
    mengano, -a nm,f
    [hombre] so-and-so, what's-his-name; [mujer] so-and-so, what's-her-name
    * * *
    m, mengana f fam
    so-and-so fam
    * * *
    mengano, -na n fulano

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  • 14 perengano

    m.
    1 so-and-so: used after other names, as fulano, mengano, zutano, y perengano.
    2 so-and-so, John Doe, what-d'ye-call-him, Richard Doe.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1→ link=fulano fulano
    * * *
    perengano, -a
    SM / F somebody or other, someone or other
    * * *
    = nomen nescio [N.N.].
    Ex. Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.
    * * *
    = nomen nescio [N.N.].

    Ex: Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    * * *
    perengano, -a nm,f
    [hombre] so-and-so, what's-his-name; [mujer] so-and-so, what's-her-name;
    siempre se queja, que si fulano no le habla, que si perengano le molesta she's always complaining: either somebody won't talk to her, or somebody won't leave her alone, there's always something
    * * *
    m, perengana f so-and-so

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  • 15 zutano

    m.
    what's-his name.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar→ link=fulano fulano,-a
    * * *
    zutano, -a
    SM / F (Mr etc) So-and-so fulano 1)
    * * *
    - na masculino, femenino ver fulano
    * * *
    = nomen nescio [N.N.], Tom, Dick and Harry.
    Ex. Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.
    Ex. Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.
    * * *
    - na masculino, femenino ver fulano
    * * *
    = nomen nescio [N.N.], Tom, Dick and Harry.

    Ex: Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.

    Ex: Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.

    * * *
    zutano -na
    masculine, feminine
    * * *

    zutano,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino fulano, zutano y mengano, Tom, Dick and Harry
    ' zutano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    zutana
    * * *
    zutano, -a nm,f
    [hombre] so-and-so, what's-his-name; [mujer] so-and-so, what's-her-name
    * * *
    m, zutana f so-and-so;
    fulano, mengano y zutano so-and-so and so-and-so
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > zutano

  • 16 scio

    scĭo, īvi, ītum, 4 (old imperf. scibam, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 34; 2, 4, 89; id. Ps. 1, 5, 84; 1, 5, 86; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 68; id. Phorm. 4, 1, 16:

    scibas,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 24; id. Ps. 1, 5, 85:

    scibat,

    id. Am. prol. 22; Lucr. 5, 934:

    scibatis,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 47:

    scibant,

    Lucr. 5, 949; 5, 953; Cat. 68, 85.— Fut. scibo, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 13; id. Most. 4, 3, 5; id. Men. 2, 3, 35; 5, 2, 57; id. Ps. 1, 2, 41; 1, 5, 65; id. Truc. 2, 6, 69; Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 58; id. Ad. 3, 3, 7; 5, 2, 5; id. Hec. 2, 2, 4:

    scibis,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 22; id. Ep. 2, 2, 101; 5, 1, 49; id. Mil. 4, 8, 55; id. Ps. 4, 4, 2; id. Poen. 5, 4, 57; id. Pers. 2, 2, 37; id. Rud. 2, 3, 35; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 35; id. Heaut. 5, 2, 43:

    scibit,

    Cato, R. R. 5, 5; Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 69; 1, 2, 51; id. Mil. 3, 2, 46; Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 38:

    scibimus,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 57:

    scibunt,

    id. Poen. 2, 16.— Perf. sciit, Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 17.— Pass. scibitur, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 5:

    scin' for scisne,

    id. Am. 1, 1, 200; 2, 2, 39; 5, 1, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 113; id. Aul. 1, 1, 8 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 47; 3, 1, 47; 4, 6, 6; 4, 7, 30 et saep.— Perf. sync. scisti, Ov. A. A. 1, 131; id. F. 4, 527:

    scirint,

    Tac. Dial. 33; so, regularly, inf. scisse, e. g. Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 17), v. a. [root sci-; Gr. keiô (for skeiô), keazô, to split, divide; cf.: scisco, plebiscitum, etc., prop. to distinguish, discern].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., to know, in the widest signif. of the word; to understand; perceive; to have knowledge of or skill in any thing, etc.:

    plurimā mutatione figuramus, Scio, Non ignoro, et Non me fugit, et Non me praeterit, et Quis nescit? et Nemini dubium est. Sed etiam ex proximo mutuari licet. Nam et intellego et sentio et video saepe idem valent quod scio,

    Quint. 10, 1, 13 (freq. in all styles and periods; cf. nosco).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    aut scire istarum rerum nihil, aut, etiam si maxime sciemus, nec, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32:

    ut vilicus naturam agri novit, dispensator litteras scit, etc.,

    id. ib. 5, 3, 5:

    quod nec didicerint nec umquam scire curaverint,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 11:

    ego omnem rem scio Quemadmodum est,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 69:

    id equidem ego certo scio,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 33:

    quod pro certo sciam,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 13: Mi. Ubi ipse est? Ch. Nescio. Nihil jam me oportet scire... nescio etiam id quod scio, id. ib. 4, 6, 21:

    haec scivisti et me celavisti?

    id. Pers. 5, 2, 19:

    is omnes linguas scit: sed dissimulat sciens, Se scire,

    id. Poen. prol. 112 (cf. supra, litteras, Cic. Rep. 5, 3, 5): comoediam, Titin. ap. Non. 277, 26:

    bene id opus,

    id. ib. 3, 21:

    artem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 44:

    juventutis mores qui sciam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 2: remuneremini nos, ac quae scitis, proferatis in me dium:

    nemo enim omnia potest scire,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

    nec scire fas est omnia,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 22:

    SENATVOSQVE SENTENTIAM VTEI SCIENTES ESETIS, S. C. de Bacch. 23, ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173: quod scio, omne ex hoc scio,

    I know all from him, Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 7:

    aliquid ex aliquo,

    id. Capt. 2, 2, 45; id. Most. 3, 2, 58; Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 1; id. Att. 5, 2, 3 al. (v. infra, g and d; and cf. in the foll., with de instead of ex):

    quod sciam,

    for aught I know, as far as I know, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 70; 2, 2, 15; id. Most. 4, 3, 19; id. Men. 2, 2, 23; 3, 2, 35 al.; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 7; Cic. Att. 16, 2, 4; Quint. 9, 1, 17; 9, 4, 63 al.; cf.:

    quantum ego quidem sciam,

    Quint. 3, 1, 19.— Pass.:

    quod quom scibitur, per urbem irridebor,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 5:

    ars earum rerum est, quae sciuntur,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 30:

    an nihil certum sciri possit,

    id. ib. 1, 51, 222: id de Marcello aut certe de Postumiā sciri potest, can be learned from Marcellus, etc., id. Att. 12, 22, 2.—
    (β).
    With inf., or more freq. with object-clause:

    qui uti sciat,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27:

    si sciret regibus uti,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 14:

    antequam declamare sciat,

    Quint. 2, 1, 3:

    si docere sciant et velint,

    id. 10, 5, 19:

    digredi a re et redire ad propositum suum scierit,

    id. 9, 2, 4 et saep.:

    vincere scis, Hannibal,

    Liv. 22, 51, 4:

    qui nec ipse consulere nec alteri parere sciat,

    id. 22, 29, 8:

    qui tegere liberos sciat,

    id. 1, 53, 8; 38, 52, 2; Curt. 4, 2, 14:

    scio, fortunas secundas neglegentiam prendere solere, Cato ap. Fest, s.v. parsi, p. 210: dii sciunt, culpam meam istanc non esse ullam,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 41:

    scio, tibi ita placere,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 30, 46:

    quas (leges) scitis exstare,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 3: scimus L. Atilium appellatum esse sapientem id. Lael. 2, 6:

    scis, In breve te cogi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 7: scire licet, nobis venas et sanguen... alienigenis ex partibus esse, it is easy to see that, etc., Lucr. 1, 860 (shortly before and after, scilicet); so,

    scire licet,

    id. 1, 894; 2, 930; 2, 967; 3, 873 et saep.; Liv. 1, 39, 3; Cels. 1, 1 fin.; 1, 2; 3, 2 al.—So, in familiar style, imper. scito, be assured, I reply that, remember, etc.: fenestrarum angustias quod reprehendis, scito te Kurou paideian reprehendere, Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2; 12, 21, 5:

    scito hoc nos in eo judicio consecutos esse, ut, etc.,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; id. Fam. 1, 9, 24; 5, 20, 7; cf.:

    istis contumeliis scitote Q. Lollium coactum, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62; 2, 3, 56, § 129.—Esp., introducing a conclusion, after si, sin, nisi:

    si venturus es, scito necesse esse te venire,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 4 init.:

    sin ista pax perditum hominem restitutura est, hoc animo scito omnis sanos, etc.,

    id. ib. 10, 27, 1:

    si vos semel finem legis transieritis, scitote vos nullum ceteris in aestimando finem improbitatis reliquisse,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 95, § 220; 2, 4, 30, § 68; id. Cat. 2, 10, 23.—Rarely in part. pres. (postAug.; cf. P. a., infra):

    interrogant an vir daturus sit beneficium ingrato, sciens ingratum esse,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 26, 1:

    Laqueo vitam finiit, sciens et in Maximino multum esse roboris,

    Capitol. in Max. 19:

    totam hereditatem sciens ad se non pertinere,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 144.— Impers.:

    hoc scitis omnes, usque adeo hominem in periculo fuisse, quoad scitum sit, Sestium vivere,

    Cic. Sest. 38, 82.— Pass., with nom. and inf.:

    Christus scitur vocis simplicis jussione ambulatum dedisse contractis,

    Arn. 1, 48.—
    (γ).
    With a rel.-clause:

    isti jam sciunt, negotii quid sit,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 13:

    ut sciamus, quid dicamus mox pro testimonio,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 19:

    scin' quam iracundus siem?

    id. Bacch. 4, 2, 12:

    cuivis facile scitu est, quam fuerim miser,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 15:

    cum sciatis, quo quaeque res inclinet,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46:

    Sestium quanti faciam, ipse optime scio,

    id. Fam. 13, 8, 1:

    ex tribus istis modis rerum publicarum velim scire quod optimum judices,

    id. ib. 1, 30, 46:

    ut eum (hostem) non modo esse, sed etiam, quis et unde sit, scire possimus,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 6:

    coqua est haec quidem: Scit muriatica ut maceret,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 39; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 18; Cic. Mur. 9, 22; Hor. C. 3, 4, 42 al.:

    scire velis, mea cur opuscula lector Laudet,

    id. Ep. 1, 19, 35; 2, 2, 187:

    quī scis, an, quae jubeam, sine vi faciat?

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 20; Hor. C. 4, 7, 17; id. A. P. 462; cf. the phrase haud scio an, under an.— Pass.:

    hinc sciri potuit, Quo studio vitam suam te absente exegerit,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 38: scito... nec, [p. 1644] quando futura sint comitia, sciri, Cic. Att. 1, 11, 2.—With indic. in the rel.-clause (ante-class.): Ba. Scio, quid ago. Pi. Et pol ego scio, quid metuo, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 45; cf.:

    scitin' quid ego vos rogo?

    id. Men. 5, 9, 92:

    scis tu, ut confringi vas cito Samium solet,

    id. Bacch. 2, 2, 24:

    jam ego ex hoc, ut factum est, scibo,

    id. Men. 5, 2, 57; instead of which, with subj.:

    ex me primo prima scires, rem ut gessissem publicam,

    id. Am. 1, 3, 26:

    ex hoc scibo quid siet,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 59; id. Hec. 4, 2, 4.—
    (δ).
    With de:

    jam vero de legibus, de bello, de pace... scisse,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58.—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    hi sciunt, qui hic affuerunt,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 31:

    quom videbis, tum scies,

    id. Bacch. 1, 2, 37: Pi. Quī scire possum? Ch. Nullus plus, id. ib. 2, 2, 13:

    quem, ut scitis, unice dilexi,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 1; so,

    ut scitis, parenthetically,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 21; 2, 31, 54; 6, 9, 9; id. Lael. 21, 77; cf.

    scio alone, parenthetically: injurato scio plus credet mihi quam jurato tibi,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 281:

    ego abeo: tu jam scio patiere,

    id. As. 2, 2, 111:

    quam tu propediem effliges scio,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 9 et saep.:

    scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter,

    Pers. 1, 27:

    nemo ex me scibit,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 38.— Pass.:

    non opus est dicto... at scito huic opus est,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 14:

    plus, quam opus est scito, sciet,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 18; so, with adv. or adverb.-clause:

    non tam praeclarum est scire Latine, quam turpe nescire,

    Cic. Brut. 37, 140; so,

    Latine,

    id. Fin. 2, 4, 13; Liv. 1, 27:

    luculenter Graece,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 15:

    Graece,

    id. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

    ubi hanc forma videt honesta virginem, Et fidibus scire,

    and that she was skilled in music, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 53 (cf.: docere aliquem fidibus. Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

    discere fidibus,

    id. Lael. 8, 26).—
    (ζ).
    With de:

    de legibus instituendis, de bello, de pace, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58:

    cum is, qui de omnibus scierit, de Sullā se scire negavit,

    id. Sull. 13, 39.—
    (η).
    With non (very rare for nescio; cf.:

    non scire barbarum jam videtur, nescire dulcius,

    Cic. Or. 47, 157):

    quis enim erat qui non sciret studiosiorem Mithridatem fuisse, etc.,

    id. Fl. 25, 59:

    tam imperitus, ut non sciret, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

    quid? non sciunt ipsi viam, domum quā veniant?

    Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 25; Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37; Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 3; Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 19.—
    b.
    Ellipt.: scin' quomodo? do you know how (I shall serve you)? a threatening phrase in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 200; id. Aul. 5, 21; id. Rud. 3, 5, 18.—
    B.
    In partic., of a woman, to know carnally a man (cf. of a man, cognosco), Treb. xxx. Tyr. 30.—
    * II.
    Transf., publicists' t. t. for the usual scisco (v. h. v. II.), of the people, to ordain, decree, appoint any thing after knowledge obtained regarding it:

    ut tribunus plebis rogationem ferret sciretque plebs, uti, etc.,

    Liv. 26, 33, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

    a scire for asciscere,

    Tac. Agr. 19; id. H. 4, 80.—Hence, scĭens, entis, P. a., knowing, i. e.
    A.
    Pregn., knowingly, wittingly, purposely, intentionally, etc. (freq. and class.): tu verbis conceptis conjuravisti sciens sciente animo tuo, Scip. Afric. minor ap. Gell. 7, 11, 9:

    ubi verbis conceptis sciens libenter perjuraris,

    Plaut. As. 3, 2, 16:

    amore ardeo et prudens, sciens, Vivus vidensque pereo,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 27; so (with prudens) Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 5; Suet. Ner. 2 fin.:

    equidem plus hodie boni Feci imprudens, quam sciens ante hunc diem umquam,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 40; so (opp. imprudens) id. Phorm. 4, 3, 55; Cic. Planc. 16, 41; (opp. insciens) id. Balb. 5, 13:

    habebit igitur te sciente et vidente curia senatorem, etc.,

    id. Clu. 46, 129:

    an ille me tentat sciens?

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 29; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 40; id. Ps. 1, 1, 90; id. Poen. prol. 112; Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 13; id. Heaut. 5, 5, 6 al.:

    heia vero, inquit, geram morem vobis et me oblinam sciens,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8 et saep.—So the formula: si sciens fallo; v. fallo.—
    B. (α).
    Absol.:

    id ego jam nunc tibi renuntio, ut sis sciens,

    Ter. And. 3, 2, 28:

    quod me non scientem feceris,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 34;

    Ter Heaut. 4, 8, 32: vites pampinari: sed a sciente,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1:

    quis igitur hoc homine scientior umquam fuit?

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

    scientior venefica,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 72:

    quae (navis) scientissimo gubernatore utitur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 58.— Sup.: sit oportet idem scientissimus, Col. 11, 1.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    dominum scientem esse oportet earum rerum, quae, etc.,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 1:

    locorum,

    Sall. J. 97, 3:

    pugnae,

    Hor. C. 1, 15, 24:

    citharae,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 10:

    Latinae linguae,

    Tac. A. 2, 13:

    juris,

    id. ib. 3, 70; 6, 26 et saep.— Sup.:

    M. Scaurus, vir regendae rei publicae scientissimus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214; Vulg. 2 Par. 2, 13.—
    * (γ).
    Poet., with inf.:

    quamvis non alius flectere equum sciens,

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 25.— Adv.: scĭenter (acc. to B.), knowingly, understandingly, wisely, skilfully, expertly, etc.:

    scienter et perite et ornate dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 2, 5:

    uti (with modice),

    id. ib. 1, 29, 132; id. Off. 2, 5, 18:

    sese distribuunt in duas partes,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 55.— Comp.:

    neminem in eo genere scientius versatum Isocrate,

    Cic. Or. 52, 175; Caes. B. G. 7, 22.— Sup.:

    coepit rationem hujus operis (sphaerae) scientissime Gallus exponere,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 22; id. Div. 1, 41, 92.

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  • 17 N. N.

    Abk.
    1. ( nomen nescio) name unknown, N. N.
    2. Normalnull
    * * *
    N. N. abk
    1. (nomen nescio) name unknown, N. N.
    2. → Normalnull

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  • 18 an

       an    conj.    I. Prop., in a disjunctive question introducing the latter clause; in Engl. represented by or and the interrog. form of the clause.—After utrum, in direct questions: utrum has corporis an Pythagorae tibi malis viris ingeni dari?: utrum superbiam prius commemorem an crudelitatem?: utrumne iussi persequemur otium, an, etc., H.—In indirect questions, whether... or: intellegere utrum pudor an timor valeret, Cs.: quaero, utrum clemens an inhumanissimus videatur: agitamus utrumne... an, etc., H.—After enclitic -ne in direct questions: vosne Domitium an vos Domitius deseruit? Cs.: uter... isne, qui... an ille, qui? etc.—Annon (an non) in the latter clause simply negatives the former: hocine agis an non? T.—Indirect, whether... or: agitur liberine vivamus an mortem obeamus: quaeso sitne aliqua actio an nulla.—Rarely annon: Roga velitne an non uxorem, T. — After a clause without correl. interrog. particle, in direct questions: ipse percussit an aliis occidendum dedit?: eloquar an sileam? V.—So with -ne pleonast.: obtrectatum esse, Gabinio dicam anne Pompeio, an utrique?—By ellips. of verb, an becomes simply disjunctive between two words: cum Simonides an quis alius polliceretur: cum id constaret, iure an iniuriā eripiendos esse reos, L.—Indirect: vivat an mortuus sit, quis curat?: hoc quaeramus, verum sit an falsum?— With ellips. of verb: neque, recte an perperam (sc. fiat), interpretor, L.; cf. discrimine recte an perperam facti confuso, L.—The former interrog. clause is often implied in a previous affirmation, and the clause with an expects a negative answer: quid enim actum est? an litteris pepercisti? (was it as I have said?), or did you, etc., i. e. you surely did not, etc.: at Pompeii voluntatem a me abalienabat oratio mea. An ille quemquam plus dilexit? or rather: sive vetabat, ‘an hoc inhonestum... necne sit addubites?’ (where an addubites asks a direct question, and hoc... sit an indirect question dependent on it), H.: quas Kalendas Iunias expectasti? an eas, ad quas, etc.?: an Scipio Gracchum interfecit, Catilinam... nos perferemus? or (if what I have said be questioned) while Scipio slew... are we to tolerate Catiline?—After a question, with num, an introduces a new question, correcting or denying the former, or rather: num iniquom postulo? an ne hoc quidem ego adipiscar...? or rather am I not even to get, etc., T.: num Homerum coegit obmutescere senectus? an studiorum agitatio vitae aequalis fuit? or was not rather? etc.—Sometimes the former interrog. clause, to be supplied, expects a negative answer, and the clause with an is an implied affirmation: a rebus gerendis senectus abstrahit? Quibus? an iis, etc.: unde ordiar? an eadem attingam, quae, etc.—So often annon? or is it not so? hem quo fretus sim... annon dixi, etc., T.: annon sensistis triumphatum hodie de vobis esse? or have you not? etc., L. — Ellipt.: cuium pecus? an Meliboei? Meliboeus's, I suppose, V.—    II. Meton., without disjunctive force.—With expressions of doubt, ignorance, uncertainty, the former interrog. clause is regularly omitted, the latter with an expressing the belief or opinion of the speaker, I know not but, I incline to think, I suspect, perhaps, probably: hau scio an quae dixit sint vera, T.: res nescio an maxima, L.: dubito an Apronio data sit merces: haud sciam an ne opus sit quidem, etc., possibly it may not be desirable: is mortuus est, nescio an antequam, etc.: Qui scis, an, quae iubeam, sine vi faciat, T.—In indirect questions, whether: quaesivi an misisset: quae in discrimine fuerunt, an ulla post hanc diem essent, L.—With an repeated: animo nunc huc nunc fluctuat illuc, an sese mucrone... Induat... Fluctibus an iaciat, V.: temptare an sit Corpus an illud ebur, O.
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    can it be that (introduces question expecting negative answer/further question); whether; (utrum... an = whether... or); or; either

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  • 19 nisi

        nisi conj.    [1 ne+si], if not, unless: nomen iudicum amittemus, nisi hic ex ipsis causis iudicabimus: nisi ego insanio, stulte omnia.—After an interrogative or negative clause, except, save only, unless, but: ne quis enuntiaret, nisi quibus mandatum esset, Cs.: nisi in bonis, amicitiam esse non posse: quid est pietas, nisi voluntas grata in parentes: nihil est quod festines, nisi ut valeas, no reason but, etc.: non aliter reducturus, nisi, etc., on no other condition, L.—Followed by si, quod, or quia, except, unless, save only: nisi vero si quis est qui, etc.: nisi si id ipsum exigis, O.: cum Patrone mihi omnia sunt communia, nisi quod dissentio, etc., save that: at nesciebam id dicere illam, nisi quia Correxit miles, T.—Ironically, with vero or forte, unless perhaps: nisi forte vos consulem iudicatis Antonium: vero existimatis dementem Africanum fuisse, qui, etc.— But, only: Ch. unde haec hic rescivit? De. nescio, Nisi me dixisse nemini certo scio, T.: quid erat quod scire voluerit? nescio, nisi hoc video, etc.: non id modestiā ducis, nisi ad conciliandos animos Tarentinorum fieri, L.: volo, T.: valde me delectant, nisi quod me obruerunt, etc.
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    if not; except, unless

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  • 20 NN

    abbr
    (= numeri) nos
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    abbr. nomen nescio father's name unknown
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    NN
    = nomen nescio = father's name unknown.

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