genitus

Latin

Etymology

Reflects a Proto-Indo-European **ǵenh₁-tos, which displaced the original *ǵn̥h₁-tós, whence Latin nātus, which came to belong to a different verb. In light of Proto-Italic *genatā, the change conceivably happened during the Italic period, though see there for possible counterarguments.

Pronunciation

Participle

genitus (feminine genita, neuter genitum); first/second-declension participle

  1. perfect passive participle of gignō
    1. begotten
    2. engendered
    3. produced

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative genitus genita genitum genitī genitae genita
genitive genitī genitae genitī genitōrum genitārum genitōrum
dative genitō genitae genitō genitīs
accusative genitum genitam genitum genitōs genitās genita
ablative genitō genitā genitō genitīs
vocative genite genita genitum genitī genitae genita

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old French: gent
  • Occitan: gent
    • Gascon: géncer (comparative forme of beròi from *genitiorem)

References

  • “genitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • genitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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