conscius

Latin

Etymology

From conscio (“I am privy to”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.ski.us/, [ˈkõːs̠kiʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.ʃi.us/, [ˈkɔn̠ʲʃius]

Adjective

cōnscius (feminine cōnscia, neuter cōnscium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. conscious
  2. aware of, privy to
    Synonyms: cōnsciēns, cognōscēns, scius, sciēns
    Antonyms: ignārus, ignōrāns, īnscius, nescius, nesciēns, expers
  3. guilty
    Synonyms: reus, obnoxius, noxius
    Antonyms: īnsōns, castus, innocēns, innoxius
  4. participant in a thing, an accessory, accomplice
    Synonym: minister

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cōnscius cōnscia cōnscium cōnsciī cōnsciae cōnscia
Genitive cōnsciī cōnsciae cōnsciī cōnsciōrum cōnsciārum cōnsciōrum
Dative cōnsciō cōnsciō cōnsciīs
Accusative cōnscium cōnsciam cōnscium cōnsciōs cōnsciās cōnscia
Ablative cōnsciō cōnsciā cōnsciō cōnsciīs
Vocative cōnscie cōnscia cōnscium cōnsciī cōnsciae cōnscia

Descendants
  • Italian: conscio
  • Portuguese: cônscio, concho
  • Romanian: conștient
  • → English: conscious (learned)
  • → Proto-West Germanic: *kūskī (see there for further descendants)

References
  • “conscius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “conscius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • conscius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a good conscience: mens bene sibi conscia
    • a guilty conscience: animus male sibi conscius
    • to be conscious of no ill deed: nullius culpae sibi conscium esse
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