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) IPA(key): /inˈɡe.nu.us/, [ɪŋˈɡɛnuʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈd͡ʒe.nu.us/, [in̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛːnuːs]
Adjective
ingenuus (feminine ingenua, neuter ingenuum); first/second-declension adjective
- natural, indigenous
- freeborn
- noble, upright, frank, candid, ingenuous
- 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
- Catalan: ingenu
- → English: ingenuous
- French: ingénu
- → English: ingenue
- Galician: inxenuo
- Italian: ingenuo
- Occitan: ingenú
- Portuguese: ingénuo
- Romanian: ingenuu
- Spanish: ingenuo
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
- 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 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