Latin

Noun

scientia f ‎(genitive scientiae); first declension

1. knowledge

   1597, Sir Francis Bacon, Meditationes Sacrae:

   Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.

   And thus knowledge itself is power.

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

Participle

scientia

1. nominative neuter plural of sciēns
2. accusative neuter plural of sciēns
3. vocative neuter plural of sciēns

References

• scientia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scientia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SCIENTIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “scientia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to possess literary knowledge: litterarum scientiam (only in sing.) habere
    
  • to acquire knowledge of a subject: scientiam alicuius rei consequi
    
  • (ambiguous) to acquire knowledge of a subject: scientia comprehendere aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) to enrich a person's knowledge: scientia augere aliquem
    
  • (ambiguous) logic, dialectic: dialectica (-ae or -orum) (pure Latin disserendi ratio et scientia)
    
  • (ambiguous) geographical knowledge: regionum terrestrium aut maritimarum scientia