ingenuus

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ gignō +‎ -uus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈɡe.nu.us/, [ɪŋˈɡɛnuʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈd͡ʒe.nu.us/, [in̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛːnuːs]

Adjective

1. natural, indigenous
2. freeborn
3. noble, upright, frank, candid, ingenuous
4. delicate, tender

Descendants

• → English: ingenuous
• French: ingénu
  • → English: ingenue
• Italian: ingenuo
• Portuguese: ingénuo
• 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^[1], 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
    
• “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 and Roman 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