in-scĭens, entis, adj., unknowing.
I Without knowledge , unaware : si peccavi, insciens feci, Ter. Heaut. 632: nihil me insciente esse factum, without my knowing it , Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 3: saepe jam Plus insciens quis fecit quam prudens boni, Plaut. Capt. prol. 45; cf. sq.: me apsente atque insciente, id. Trin. 1, 2, 130: utrum inscientem vultis contra foedera fecisse, an scientem? Cic. Balb. 5, 13.— With de and abl.: de eorum verbis, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 178 al.—
II Ignorant , stupid , silly : abi, sis, insciens, Ter. Phorm. 59. — Hence, adv.: inscĭenter , unknowingly , ignorantly , stupidly : facere, Cic. Top. 8, 32: tuba inflata, Liv. 25, 10, 4. — Sup. : interpretari, Hyg. Astr. 2, 12.