inguen
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inguen.
Noun
inguen (plural inguens)
- (anatomy) The groin.
- 1909, Transactions of the third International Sanitary Conference of the American Republics
- Ganglions of the right and of the left inguens […]
- 1909, Transactions of the third International Sanitary Conference of the American Republics
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for inguen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- gunnie, ingenu
Latin
Alternative forms
- (Late Latin) inguina
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷ-en-, related to Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn) and Old Norse ökkvinn.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.ɡʷen/, [ˈɪŋ.ɡᶣɛn]
Noun
inguen n (genitive inguinis); third declension
- (anatomy) groin
- privates (sexual organs)
Inflection
Third declension neuter.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | inguen | inguina |
Genitive | inguinis | inguinum |
Dative | inguinī | inguinibus |
Accusative | inguen | inguina |
Ablative | inguine | inguinibus |
Vocative | inguen | inguina |
Derived terms
- inguinālis
Descendants
- English: inguen
- Esperanto: ingveno
- French: aine
- Galician: ingua
- Italian: inguine
- Portuguese: íngua
- Spanish: ingle
- Romanian: inguină
References
- inguen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inguen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inguen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette