genuinus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Possibly from a masculine u-stem *genus, -ūs, derived from the root *ǵenh₁-; see जनुस् (janus), + -īnus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡe.nuˈiː.nus/, [ɡɛnuˈiːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒe.nuˈi.nus/, [d͡ʒenuˈiːnus]
Adjective[edit]
genuīnus (feminine genuīna, neuter genuīnum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | genuīnus | genuīna | genuīnum | genuīnī | genuīnae | genuīna | |
| Genitive | genuīnī | genuīnae | genuīnī | genuīnōrum | genuīnārum | genuīnōrum | |
| Dative | genuīnō | genuīnō | genuīnīs | ||||
| Accusative | genuīnum | genuīnam | genuīnum | genuīnōs | genuīnās | genuīna | |
| Ablative | genuīnō | genuīnā | genuīnō | genuīnīs | |||
| Vocative | genuīne | genuīna | genuīnum | genuīnī | genuīnae | genuīna | |
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From gena (“cheek”) + -inus (“-ine”), an adjective forming suffix indicating origin or possession.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡe.nuˈiː.nus/, [ɡɛnuˈiːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒe.nuˈi.nus/, [d͡ʒenuˈiːnus]
Adjective[edit]
genuīnus (feminine genuīna, neuter genuīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- belonging to the cheek
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | genuīnus | genuīna | genuīnum | genuīnī | genuīnae | genuīna | |
| Genitive | genuīnī | genuīnae | genuīnī | genuīnōrum | genuīnārum | genuīnōrum | |
| Dative | genuīnō | genuīnō | genuīnīs | ||||
| Accusative | genuīnum | genuīnam | genuīnum | genuīnōs | genuīnās | genuīna | |
| Ablative | genuīnō | genuīnā | genuīnō | genuīnīs | |||
| Vocative | genuīne | genuīna | genuīnum | genuīnī | genuīnae | genuīna | |
References[edit]
- “genuinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “genuinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- genuinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “genuinus”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001