genitus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of gignō. An analogical formation that was created from the verb root as a regular third-conjugation perfect participle. The original participle was nātus (earlier gnātus), which came to belong to a different verb.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.ni.tus/, [ˈɡɛ.nɪ.tʊs]

Participle

genitus m (feminine genita, neuter genitum); first/second declension

1. begotten
2. engendered
3. produced

Declension

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	genitus	genita	genitum		genitī	genitae	genita
genitive	genitī	genitae	genitī		genitōrum	genitārum	genitōrum
dative	genitō		genitō		genitīs
accusative	genitum	genitam	genitum		genitōs	genitās	genita
ablative	genitō	genitā	genitō		genitīs
vocative	genite	genita	genitum		genitī	genitae	genita

Derived terms

• genitīvus/ genetīvus
• prīmōgenitus
• sōligenitus

References

• genitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “genitus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)