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

Adjective

ingenuus (feminine ingenua, neuter ingenuum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. natural, indigenous
  2. freeborn
  3. noble, upright, frank, candid, ingenuous
  4. delicate, tender

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ingenuus ingenua ingenuum ingenuī ingenuae ingenua
Genitive ingenuī ingenuae ingenuī ingenuōrum ingenuārum ingenuōrum
Dative ingenuō 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, 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
  • 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
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