Latin

Participle

sciēns m, f, n ‎(genitive scientis); third declension

1. knowing, understanding
2. conscious, aware
3. knowledgeable, skilled
4. (figuratively, of a woman) having sexual relations with a man.

Inflection

Third declension.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• omnisciēns
• scientia

Descendants

• Old French: escient
• Old Spanish: ciente, esciente
• Portuguese: ciente

References

• sciens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sciens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sciens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a good Latin scholar: bene latine doctus or sciens
    
  • (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