scienter

English

Etymology

From Latin scienter (“knowingly”), from sciō (“know”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /saɪˈɛntə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /saɪˈɛntɚ/
• Hyphenation: sci‧en‧ter

Adverb

scienter (not comparable)

1. (law) deliberately, knowingly

Noun

scienter (uncountable)

1. (law) knowledge of one's own illegal acts; intent

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “scienter”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• centries, enterics, enticers, in secret, incester, rentices, secretin

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sek-?

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

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Proto-Indo-European *skey-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *skiyéti

Proto-Italic *skiō

Latin sciō

Latin sciēns

Proto-Indo-European *-teros?

Latin -ter

Latin scienter

From sciēns (“knowing, understanding”) + -ter (“adverb suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [skiˈɛn.tɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ʃiˈɛn.ter]

Adverb

scienter (comparative scientius, superlative scientissimē)

1. skillfully, expertly
2. knowingly, understandingly, wisely

Antonyms

• īnscienter (“ignorantly, unknowingly”)

Related terms

• sciēns
• scientia
• scientificus
• scientiola
• scīlicet
• sciō
• scīscō

Descendants

• French: sciemment

References

• “scienter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “scienter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “scienter”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.