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ignōrantĭa , ae, f. ignorans, from ignoro,
I.want of knowledge or information, ignorance (mostly post-Aug.; only once in Cic., for Cic. Fl. 20, 46, is a gloss; cf. “Klotz,Cic. Lael. 19, 70; syn. ignoratio).
(β). Absol.: errorem et temeritatem et ignorantiam et opinationem et suspicionem ... a virtute sapientiaque removebat, * Cic. Acc. 1, 11, 42: “hoc est maximum ignorantiae malum, quod, etc.,Quint. 12, 3, 3; 5, 10, 34; cf. id. 7, 2, 40; 7, 4, 14: “mutua ignorantia fallentes,Tac. H. 1, 75: “sancta ignorantia, quid sit illud quod, etc.,id. G. 40: “ignorantiā lapsus,Plin. Ep. 10, 59; 10, 97, 1: “si debitor meus manumisso dispensatori meo per ignorantiam solverit, liberari eum,Gai. Inst. 3, 160.
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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.92
    • Suetonius, Galba, 20
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.68.2
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    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.75
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    • Tacitus, Agricola, 1
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    • Cornelius Nepos, Agesilaus, 8.5
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.97
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 19
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 10.34
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 1.47
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 7, 2.40
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 7, 4.14
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