ingeniosus
Latin
Etymology
ingenium + -ōsus
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.ɡe.niˈoː.sus/, [ɪŋɡɛniˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.d͡ʒe.niˈo.sus/, [in̠ʲd͡ʒeniˈɔːs̬us]
Adjective
ingeniōsus (feminine ingeniōsa, neuter ingeniōsum, comparative ingeniōsior, superlative ingeniōsissimus, adverb ingeniōsē); first/second-declension adjective
- superior in intellect, gifted with genius; intellectual, clever, ingenious
- apt, fit for, adapted to
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | ingeniōsus | ingeniōsa | ingeniōsum | ingeniōsī | ingeniōsae | ingeniōsa | |
Genitive | ingeniōsī | ingeniōsae | ingeniōsī | ingeniōsōrum | ingeniōsārum | ingeniōsōrum | |
Dative | ingeniōsō | ingeniōsō | ingeniōsīs | ||||
Accusative | ingeniōsum | ingeniōsam | ingeniōsum | ingeniōsōs | ingeniōsās | ingeniōsa | |
Ablative | ingeniōsō | ingeniōsā | ingeniōsō | ingeniōsīs | |||
Vocative | ingeniōse | ingeniōsa | ingeniōsum | ingeniōsī | ingeniōsae | ingeniōsa |
Derived terms
- ingeniōsē
Descendants
- Catalan: enginyós
- Galician: enxeñoso
- Italian: ingegnoso
- → Middle French:
- French: ingénieux
- → English: ingenious
- Old French: engignos
- → English: enginous
- Portuguese: engenhoso
- Sicilian: ncignusu
- → Spanish: ingenioso
References
- “ingeniosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ingeniosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ingeniosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a man of ability: vir magno ingenio, ingeniosus
- a man of ability: vir magno ingenio, ingeniosus