Verbum Hodiernum: SCIO

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SCIO Dictionary Entry

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Today's word is the verb SCIO (scire), meaning "to know." This can take a direct object in the accusative (to know someone or something). It can also introduce indirect statement in Latin (accusative+infinitive construction) as well as take an infinitive complement in the sense of "know how to." You will also see it used with the preposition de to mean something like the English "to know about."

From this Latin root come English words like "science" and "conscience" along with their various derivatives (scientist, scientific, conscientious, conscious, etc.)

Here are some examples of today's word in Latin sayings and proverbs - these are proverbs I have tentatively selected to include in the Scala Sapientiae!

Scito teipsum.

Mus salit in stratum, dum scit abesse cattum.

Antiquus passer scit cuncta foramina templi.

Multi scire volunt, sed vere discere nolunt.

Non vult scire satur, quid ieiunus patiatur.

Beneficia plura recipit, qui scit reddere.

Improbus est ille, qui scit mendacia mille.

Qui scit, laudatur; qui nescit, vituperatur.

Animus vereri qui scit, scit tuto ingredi.

Nil aliud scit necessitas quam vincere.

Nemo potest scire, quis primus debet abire.

Viventes sciunt se esse morituros; mortui vero nihil noverunt amplius.

Minus saepe pecces, si scias, quid nescias.

Si sciret equus se esse equum, optaret esse homo.

Noli de mortuo gaudere, sciens quoniam omnes morimur.

Sciens cavebo.

Scienter utor.





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