-gnus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a combining form *-ǵn(h₁)-os[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”), whence Latin gignō (“give birth”).[2] Compare -genus, which was reformed from other forms.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-gnus (feminine -gna, neuter -gnum); first/second-declension suffix
- suffix forming adjectives denoting origin. born, originated from
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -gnus | -gna | -gnum | -gnī | -gnae | -gna | |
| Genitive | -gnī | -gnae | -gnī | -gnōrum | -gnārum | -gnōrum | |
| Dative | -gnō | -gnō | -gnīs | ||||
| Accusative | -gnum | -gnam | -gnum | -gnōs | -gnās | -gna | |
| Ablative | -gnō | -gnā | -gnō | -gnīs | |||
| Vocative | -gne | -gna | -gnum | -gnī | -gnae | -gna | |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Nussbaum, Alan J (2017), "The Latin “bonus rule” and benignus ‘generous, kind’" (preprint)
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “gignō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 260–261