Latin

Noun

cōnscientia f ‎(genitive cōnscientiae); first declension

1. knowledge shared with others, being in the know or privy to, joint knowledge; complicity
2. knowledge within oneself, consciousness, feeling
3. knowledge within oneself of right or wrong; conscience; remorse

Declension

First declension.

Derived terms

• cōnscientiōsus

Related terms

• cōnsciō
• sciō

Descendants

References

• conscĭentĭa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• conscientia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CONSCIENTIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “conscĭentĭa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, pages 398–399.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a good conscience: conscientia recta, recte facti (factorum), virtutis, bene actae vitae, rectae voluntatis
    
  • a guilty conscience: conscientia mala or peccatorum, culpae, sceleris, delicti
    
  • to be conscience-stricken: conscientia morderi (Tusc. 4. 20. 45)
    
  • his guilty conscience gives him no rest: conscientiae maleficiorum stimulant aliquem
    
  • to be tormented by remorse: conscientia mala angi, excruciari
    
  • to congratulate oneself on one's clear conscience: conscientia recte factorum erigi
    
• conscientia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 27.02.03) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “conscientia” on page 411/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)