sciō

sc--iō 'Ich kann, weiß, verstehe'.

Latein

Etymologie

Aus —Uital. *skijō, aus —Uig. *skey- 'unterscheide, zerlege' (s. *skey-). Verwandt mit lat. secō "abschneiden“, signum „Zeichen“, agr. σχίζω skhízō, „spalten“ und Englisch shit. Gegebenenfalls verwdt. mit skr. शित śita 'gewetzt, scharf; dünn, schmächtig'.

Aussprache

(Klassische) IPA(Taste): /ˈski.oː/, [ˈs̠kioː]

(modernes italienisch-kirchliches) IPA (Schlüssel): /ˈʃi.o/, [ˈʃiːo]

Verb

sciō (present infinitive scīre, perfect active scīvī or sciī, supine scītum); fourth conjugation

1. to be able to, to know (how to do), understand, to have practical knowledge [ synonyms, antonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: agnōscō, cognōscō, inveniō, sentiō, cōnsciō, sapiō, nōscō, scīscō, intellegō, percipiō, discernō, tongeō, cernō, audiō

   Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō

   Scīsne ubi habitēmus? ― Do you know where we live?

2. (euphemistic) to know carnally

Conjugation

• Used with adverb, accusative, or ablative
• The third and fourth principal parts are shared with scīscō.
• The regular present imperatives, scī and scīte, are almost never encountered, with the regular second person future imperative forms scītō and scītōte being used instead.
• Irregular forms are commonly encountered in early Latin, especially in the imperfect and future tenses.
  • syncopated perfect forms: scīsse (= scīvisse), scīstī (= scīvistī), scīrint (= scīverint)
  • archaic imperfect forms: scībam, scībās, scībat, *scībāmus, scībātis, scībant (= sciēbam etc.)
  • archaic future forms: scībō, scībis, scībit, scībimus, *scībitis, scībunt (= sciam etc.), passive scībitur
  • Contraction scīn (or scīn') for scīsne (scīs + -ne)