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to induce confidence in his ignorance

  • 1 inscitia

    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.—
    II.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inscitia

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