ingenuus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *enge(gə)nwos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”) + *ǵeǵn̥h₁wṓs, participle of *ǵeǵónh₁e; related to gignō. Equivalent to in- + gignō + -uus. See also indigenus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪŋˈɡɛ.nu.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛː.nu.us]
Adjective
ingenuus (feminine ingenua, neuter ingenuum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | ingenuus | ingenua | ingenuum | ingenuī | ingenuae | ingenua | |
| genitive | ingenuī | ingenuae | ingenuī | ingenuōrum | ingenuārum | ingenuōrum | |
| dative | ingenuō | ingenuae | ingenuō | ingenuīs | |||
| accusative | ingenuum | ingenuam | ingenuum | ingenuōs | ingenuās | ingenua | |
| ablative | ingenuō | ingenuā | ingenuō | ingenuīs | |||
| vocative | ingenue | ingenua | ingenuum | ingenuī | ingenuae | ingenua | |
Descendants
References
- “ingenuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ingenuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ingenuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the sciences; the fine arts: optima studia, bonae, optimae, liberales, ingenuae artes, disciplinae
- to receive a liberal education: liberaliter, ingenue, bene educari
- the sciences; the fine arts: optima studia, bonae, optimae, liberales, ingenuae artes, disciplinae
- “ingenuus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ingenuus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “ingenuus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin