ignotum per ignotiusn.adv.

Brit.

/ɪɡˌnəʊtəm pəː(r) ɪɡˈnəʊtɪəs/,

/ɪɡˌnəʊtəm pəː(r) ɪɡˈnəʊʃəs/, U.S.

/ɪɡˌnoʊdəm pər ɪɡˈnoʊʃəs/

Forms: late Middle English ignotum per ignocius, 1500s– ignotum per ignotius.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ignotum per ignotius.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin ignotum per ignotius, lit. ‘the unknown by means of the more unknown’ (12th cent.) < classical Latin ignōtum that which is unknown, use as noun of neuter of ignōtus ignote adj. + per per prep. + post-classical Latin ignotius, comparative of classical Latin ignōtus, used as noun.

An attempt to explain something unknown by introducing a further unknown; an explanation which is harder to understand than what it is meant to explain. Cf. obscurum per obscurius phr.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [noun] > compounding of

ignotum per ignotiusc1405

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) l. 1457 And Plato answerde vn-to hym anoon Take the stoon that Titanos men name Which is that quod he? Magnasia is the same Seyde Plato, Ye sire, and is it thus? This is ignotum per ignocius [c1440 Lichfield ignotum per ignotius] What is Magnasia, good sire I yow preye?

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft iii. xvii. 67 Confuteth that opinion by a notable reason, called Petitio principij, or rather, Ignotum per ignotius.

1694 Athenian Mercury 21 July 1/1 Junius turns it [sc. the bird which the Latins call Upupa] attaginem, which is ignotum per ignotius, we having quite lost the description of that Bird.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. i. 28 When he drops his own Authority, and brings Fact to confirm all, the vouching that Fact by his own pure Parole, is a Cheat termed Ignotum per ignotius.

1851 R. Sutton Methodist Church Property Case 283 I beg to say, that that is the old logical sophism of ignotum per ignotius, because there is no manner of certainty that, in such a crisis as that, there would be devolved on the General Conference the absolute power of arranging for a crisis so extraordinary.

1888 Athenæum 22 Dec. 843/2 When Arabic names are twisted and mis-copied..the identification of sites resolves itself into a case of ‘ignotum per ignotius’.

1935 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 May 289/1 A distinct failure to escape the imputation of ignotum per ignotius.

2005 D. C. Allison Resurrecting Jesus vi. 284 Stories that..instead of enabling us to explain what we do not understand by way of what we do understand, might be thought to leave us with ignotum per ignotius.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	ignotum per ignotius
释义	ignotum per ignotiusn.adv. Brit. /ɪɡˌnəʊtəm pəː(r) ɪɡˈnəʊtɪəs/, /ɪɡˌnəʊtəm pəː(r) ɪɡˈnəʊʃəs/, U.S. /ɪɡˌnoʊdəm pər ɪɡˈnoʊʃəs/ Forms: late Middle English ignotum per ignocius, 1500s– ignotum per ignotius. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ignotum per ignotius. Etymology: < post-classical Latin ignotum per ignotius, lit. ‘the unknown by means of the more unknown’ (12th cent.) < classical Latin ignōtum that which is unknown, use as noun of neuter of ignōtus ignote adj. + per per prep. + post-classical Latin ignotius, comparative of classical Latin ignōtus, used as noun. An attempt to explain something unknown by introducing a further unknown; an explanation which is harder to understand than what it is meant to explain. Cf. obscurum per obscurius phr. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [noun] > compounding of ignotum per ignotiusc1405 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) l. 1457 And Plato answerde vn-to hym anoon Take the stoon that Titanos men name Which is that quod he? Magnasia is the same Seyde Plato, Ye sire, and is it thus? This is ignotum per ignocius [c1440 Lichfield ignotum per ignotius] What is Magnasia, good sire I yow preye? 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft iii. xvii. 67 Confuteth that opinion by a notable reason, called Petitio principij, or rather, Ignotum per ignotius. 1694 Athenian Mercury 21 July 1/1 Junius turns it [sc. the bird which the Latins call Upupa] attaginem, which is ignotum per ignotius, we having quite lost the description of that Bird. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. i. 28 When he drops his own Authority, and brings Fact to confirm all, the vouching that Fact by his own pure Parole, is a Cheat termed Ignotum per ignotius. 1851 R. Sutton Methodist Church Property Case 283 I beg to say, that that is the old logical sophism of ignotum per ignotius, because there is no manner of certainty that, in such a crisis as that, there would be devolved on the General Conference the absolute power of arranging for a crisis so extraordinary. 1888 Athenæum 22 Dec. 843/2 When Arabic names are twisted and mis-copied..the identification of sites resolves itself into a case of ‘ignotum per ignotius’. 1935 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 May 289/1 A distinct failure to escape the imputation of ignotum per ignotius. 2005 D. C. Allison Resurrecting Jesus vi. 284 Stories that..instead of enabling us to explain what we do not understand by way of what we do understand, might be thought to leave us with ignotum per ignotius. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.adv.c1405
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