unaware

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unknowing, unaware, ignorant.

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

ignārus, a, um (also, ‡ ignarures agnoountes, Gloss. Philox.; v. gnarus init.), adj. [in-gnarus, like ignavus, ignotus, from the negative in and gnavus, gnotus], ignorant of a thing, not knowing, unacquainted with, inexperienced, unaware (syn.: inscius, nescius, insciens).

Lit. (freq. and class.); constr. usu. with the gen.; less frequently with a rel.-clause, with acc. and inf., with inf. alone, or absol.

With gen.:

ait se peregrinum esse, hujus ignarum oppidi,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 43:

imprudens harum rerum ignarusque omnium,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 56:

audi, ne te ignarum fuisse dicas meorum morum,

id. Ad. 2, 1, 6; id. Hec. 4, 4, 53:

ignara artis meretriciae,

id. Heaut. 2, 1, 14:

oratorem ne physicorum quidem esse ignarum volo,

Cic. Or. 34, 119; cf.:

physicae rationis ignari,

id. N. D. 2, 21, 54:

ignarus si sit facundiae ac poliendae orationis,

id. de Or. 1, 14, 63:

alicujus rei ignarus atque insolens,

id. ib. 1, 48, 207:

magna pars Pisonis ignari,

i. e. not knowing him, Tac. H. 4, 50; cf.:

alter alterius ignarus,

Plin. 11, 30, 36, § 109:

ignara puella mariti,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 132:

formica haud ignara ac non incauta futuri,

id. S. 1, 1, 35.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:

qui gurges aut quae flumina lugubris Ignara belli,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 34; Stat. S. 2, 2, 149:

non ignara philosophiae grammatice,

Quint. 1, 4, 4:

ignara hujusce doctrinae loquacitas,

id. 12, 2, 20.—

With rel. clause:

ignari, quid gravitas, quid integritas... quid denique virtus valeret,

Cic. Sest. 28, 60; id. Top. 20, 75:

cum quid ageretur in locis reliquis, essent ignari,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 43, 2:

haud ignari quanta invidiae immineret, tempestas,

Liv. 3, 38, 6:

quo essent in loco ignari,

Quint. 8, 3, 4.—

With acc. and inf.:

quamquam non sumus ignari multos studiose contra esse dicturos,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 1, 3:

ignari venisse dictatorem,

Liv. 8, 36, 2; 21, 22, 1:

ignarus, non omnes esse rogandos,

Ov. M. 6, 263:

non quidem sibi ignarum, posse argui quod, etc.,

i. e. he well knew, Tac. A. 4, 8.—

With inf. alone:

placito ignara moveri Atropos,

Stat. Th. 3, 67.—

Absol.:

tu me ignaro nec opinante, inscio notes et tuos et tuorum amicorum necessarios, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

ubi imperium ad ignaros pervenit, etc.,

Sall. C. 51, 27; id. J. 91, 1; cf. id. Quint. 20, 64: obpressit igitur necopinantes ignarosque omnes Perseus. Liv. 40, 57, 1:

si quis laudat Arelli Sollicitas ignarus opes,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 79:

quisnam ignarum nostris deus appulit oris?

Verg. A. 3, 338.— Sup.: Ba. An nescis quae sit haec res? Si. Juxta cum ignarissimis, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 62.—

Transf.

Unmindful, regardless of any thing:

o socii (neque enim ignari sumus ante malorum), O passi graviora, etc.,

Verg. A. 1, 198.—

Pass. (like gnarus), not known, unknown, = ignotus (mostly poet.;

not in Cic.): ignarus aeque (ac nescius) utroqueversum dicitur, non tantum qui ignorat, sed et qui ignoratur. Sallustius: more humanae cupidinis ignara visundi. Vergilius (A. 10, 706),

Gell. 9, 12, 20 sq.; cf. Non. 129, 18 sq.:

mare magnum et ignara lingua commercia prohibebant,

Sall. J. 18, 6:

quibus agrestis vita est, circumscriptio ignara est et fraus, Sen. de Ira, 3, 2: quem (amorem) non Fors ignara dedit, sed saeva Cupidinis ira,

unknown, obscure, Ov. M. 1, 453. —

With dat.: pauci interiere: plerosque velocitas et regio hostibus ignara tutata [p. 880] sunt, Sall. J. 52, 4; cf. Tac. A. 2, 13:

jamque aderat Theseus, proles ignara parenti,

Ov. M. 7, 404:

non quidem sibi ignara, quae de Silano vulgabantur,

Tac. A. 3, 69.— Sup.:

quaedam (sidera) sunt aliis omnino ignarissima,

Gell. 14, 1, 13.

ignōro, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of inf. pres. pass. ignorarier, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 38), v. a. and n. [ignarus], not to know (a person or thing), to have no knowledge of, to be unacquainted with, to be ignorant of, to mistake, misunderstand (a person or thing—class.; cf. nescio).—Constr. with acc., with acc. and inf., or rel. clause, with de, quin, or absol.

With acc.:

siquidem istius regis (Anci) matrem habemus, ignoramus patrem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 18:

erras si id credis et me ignoras, Clinia,

do not know me, mistake me, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 52:

isti te ignorabant,

id. Eun. 5, 8, 59; cf.:

qui illum ignorabant,

Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

et illum et me vehementer ignoras,

id. Rab. Post. 12, 33; Just. 13, 2, 11; Liv. 26, 12:

cum exercitu tirone, ignoto adhuc duci suo ignorantique ducem,

id. 21, 43, 14; cf.

§ 18: illi iniqui jus ignorant,

Plaut. Am. prol. 37:

si haec ignoremus, multa nobis et magna ignoranda sint,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

istam voluptatem Epicurus ignorat?

id. Fin. 2, 3, 7:

quod tu quidem minime omnium ignoras,

id. Or. 68, 227:

ignoro causam (belli), detestor exitum,

id. Phil. 8, 2, 7 fin.:

Juppiter, ignoro pristina furta tua,

Prop. 2, 2, 4:

motus astrorum,

Juv. 3, 43.—In pass., not to be [p. 882] known or recognized:

ignoratur parens,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 10:

fugitive, etiam nunc credis, te ignorarier?

id. ib. 5, 7, 38:

sciscitantes quisnam esset, nam ignorabatur,

Suet. Vit. 17:

ignoratus Romanos palantes repente aggreditur,

unknown, undiscovered, Sall. J. 54, 9; cf.:

servili habitu per tenebras ignoratus evasit,

Tac. H. 4, 36; 3, 23; 74:

haec omnia ignorari possunt,

Quint. 3, 5, 6; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 18:

Archimedis ignoratum a Syracusanis indagavi sepulcrum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 64:

Cn. Octavii eloquentia, quae fuerat ante consulatum ignorata,

id. Brut. 47, 176:

aut ignoratae premit artis crimine turpi,

Hor. A. P. 262.— Hence, to be changed, disguised: pallam illam ad phrygionem ut referas, ut reconcinnetur.... Men. Hercle;

eādem ea ignorabitur, ne uxor cognoscat te habere,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 74:

non esse eam dices faxo: ita ignorabitur,

id. ib. 3, 2, 3.—

With acc. and inf.:

quis ignorabat, Q. Pompeium fecisse foedus, eādem in causā esse Mancinum?

Cic. Rep. 3, 18;

Quint. prooem. § 1: neque ignoro, toto illo tempore vix tantum effici, quantum, etc.,

id. 1, 1, 17; 2, 4, 38; 3, 6, 78; cf.:

neque illud ignoro, in iisdem fere esse et ornatum,

id. 8, 6, 3.—

With rel. or interrog.-clause:

cum id quam vere fiat ignores,

Cic. Lael. 26, 97:

ignorante rege, uter eorum esset Orestes,

id. ib. 7, 24:

ipsa vero sapientia, si se ignorabit, sapientia sit necne, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 8, 24:

non ignoro, quanti ejus nomen putetis,

id. N. D. 3, 31, 78:

non ignorans, quanta ex dissensionibus incommoda oriri consuessent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33, 1:

quid optandum foret ignorasse,

Juv. 10, 103.—

With de:

ignorat etiam de filio,

Cic. Att. 8, 14, 3.—

With quin:

quis ignorat quin, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 27, 64; Quint. 12, 7, 8; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 3, 8. —

Absol.:

an vero vos soli ignoratis? vos hospites in hac urbe versamini,

Cic. Mil. 12, 33; Quint. 9, 4, 119:

cur ego, si nequeo ignoroque, poëta salutor?

Hor. A. P. 87:

ita nunc ignorans suo sibi servit patri,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 50.—

With inf. (very rare):

laetitiae causas ignorat dicere miles, Laetaturque tamen,

Claud. Nupt. Hon. 186. —

To take no notice of, pay no attention to, ignore, disregard (rare):

mille modis amor ignorandust,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 30:

quorum ego nec benevolentiam erga me ignorare, nec auctoritatem aspernare debeam,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:

haec tamen ignorat quid sidus triste minetur Saturni,

Juv. 6, 569.—Hence, ignōrans, antis, P. a., not knowing, unaware, ignorant of a thing (very rare):

ille, eventus belli non ignorans,

Caes. B. G. 6, 42, 1.— Adv.: ignō-ranter, ignorantly:

ignoranter vel simpliciter non faciunt, quod, etc.,

Cypr. Ep. 63.

imprūdens ( inpr-), entis, adj. [2. inprudens], not foreseeing, not anticipating or expecting, without knowing, unaware, ignorant, inconsiderate, inadvertent, imprudent (class.; syn.: inconsideratus, incautus, improvidus).

Absol.:

equites missi nocte iter conficiunt, imprudentes atque inopinantes hostes aggrediuntur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 38, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 6, 3:

equites imprudentibus omnibus de improviso advolasse,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 36, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 1; id. B. C. 2, 3, 1; id. B. G. 5, 15, 3:

haec omnia imprudente L. Sulla facta esse certe scio,

without the knowledge of, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 21:

scripsi etiam illud quodam in libello, qui me imprudente et invito excidit,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

namque tu me inprudentem obrepseris,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 22:

plus hodie boni feci imprudens quam sciens ante hunc diem umquam,

unconsciously, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 40; cf. id. Heaut. 4, 1, 20:

adulescens,

inexperienced, id. Eun. 3, 1, 40:

probe horum facta imprudens depinxit senex,

without knowing it, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 38:

ut mihi imprudens M. Servilium praeterisse videare,

Cic. Brut. 77, 269 (cf. the opp. prudens praetereo, Hor. S. 1, 10, 88):

qua (definitione) tu etiam imprudens utebare nonnumquam,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5:

quod ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

Quint. 12, 7, 8; 7, 1, 40:

numquam imprudentibus imber Obfuit, i. e. ignaris,

Verg. G. 1, 373 Serv. — Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things:

non imprudens consilium, si aditum haberet,

Petr. 102, 3: ne casu inprudentes suae naves in classem adversariorum inciderent, Auct. B. Afr. 11, 4.— Comp.:

quicquid horum ab imprudentioribus fiet (fieri autem nisi ab imprudentibus non potest), neglegendum,

Sen. Const. Sap. 19.— Sup.:

multa facit (sapiens), quae ab imprudentissimis aut aeque fieri videmus aut peritius aut exercitatius,

Sen. Ep. 90, 33; id. Const. Sap. 19, 1.—

With gen.:

imprudentes legis,

ignorant, Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

religionis,

Liv. 31, 14, 7:

maris,

id. 34, 9, 9:

aetatum,

Quint. 1, 1, 20.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:

frons tenera imprudensque laborum,

that has not experienced, Verg. G. 2, 372:

antiquitatis imprudens consuetudo,

Col. 3, 18, 1.—

With an object-clause:

non imprudens usurum eum rabie, qua, etc.,

Curt. 8, 8.—Hence, imprūdenter ( inpr-), adv., without foresight, unknowingly, ignorantly, inconsiderately, imprudently: etsi te nihil temere, nihil imprudenter facturum judicaram, [p. 910] Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B, 1; Cic. Ac. 1, 6, 22:

facere,

Nep. Han. 2, 6:

(Codrus) imprudenter rixam ciens interemptus est,

Vell. 1, 2, 1.— Comp.:

ad flammam accessit imprudentius,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 103.

imprūdens ( inpr-), entis, adj. [2. inprudens], not foreseeing, not anticipating or expecting, without knowing, unaware, ignorant, inconsiderate, inadvertent, imprudent (class.; syn.: inconsideratus, incautus, improvidus).

Absol.:

equites missi nocte iter conficiunt, imprudentes atque inopinantes hostes aggrediuntur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 38, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 6, 3:

equites imprudentibus omnibus de improviso advolasse,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 36, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 1; id. B. C. 2, 3, 1; id. B. G. 5, 15, 3:

haec omnia imprudente L. Sulla facta esse certe scio,

without the knowledge of, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 21:

scripsi etiam illud quodam in libello, qui me imprudente et invito excidit,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

namque tu me inprudentem obrepseris,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 22:

plus hodie boni feci imprudens quam sciens ante hunc diem umquam,

unconsciously, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 40; cf. id. Heaut. 4, 1, 20:

adulescens,

inexperienced, id. Eun. 3, 1, 40:

probe horum facta imprudens depinxit senex,

without knowing it, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 38:

ut mihi imprudens M. Servilium praeterisse videare,

Cic. Brut. 77, 269 (cf. the opp. prudens praetereo, Hor. S. 1, 10, 88):

qua (definitione) tu etiam imprudens utebare nonnumquam,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5:

quod ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

Quint. 12, 7, 8; 7, 1, 40:

numquam imprudentibus imber Obfuit, i. e. ignaris,

Verg. G. 1, 373 Serv. — Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things:

non imprudens consilium, si aditum haberet,

Petr. 102, 3: ne casu inprudentes suae naves in classem adversariorum inciderent, Auct. B. Afr. 11, 4.— Comp.:

quicquid horum ab imprudentioribus fiet (fieri autem nisi ab imprudentibus non potest), neglegendum,

Sen. Const. Sap. 19.— Sup.:

multa facit (sapiens), quae ab imprudentissimis aut aeque fieri videmus aut peritius aut exercitatius,

Sen. Ep. 90, 33; id. Const. Sap. 19, 1.—

With gen.:

imprudentes legis,

ignorant, Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

religionis,

Liv. 31, 14, 7:

maris,

id. 34, 9, 9:

aetatum,

Quint. 1, 1, 20.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:

frons tenera imprudensque laborum,

that has not experienced, Verg. G. 2, 372:

antiquitatis imprudens consuetudo,

Col. 3, 18, 1.—

With an object-clause:

non imprudens usurum eum rabie, qua, etc.,

Curt. 8, 8.—Hence, imprūdenter ( inpr-), adv., without foresight, unknowingly, ignorantly, inconsiderately, imprudently: etsi te nihil temere, nihil imprudenter facturum judicaram, [p. 910] Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B, 1; Cic. Ac. 1, 6, 22:

facere,

Nep. Han. 2, 6:

(Codrus) imprudenter rixam ciens interemptus est,

Vell. 1, 2, 1.— Comp.:

ad flammam accessit imprudentius,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 103.