genitus

Latin

Etymology

Reflects a Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-tos, which displaced the original *ǵn̥h₁-tós, whence Latin nātus, which came to belong to a different verb. In light of Proto-Italic *genatā, the change conceivably happened during the Italic period, though see there for possible counterarguments.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛ.nɪ.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.ni.tus]

Participle

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

1. perfect passive participle of gignō
   1. begotten
   2. engendered
   3. produced

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	genitus	genita	genitum		genitī	genitae	genita
genitive	genitī	genitae	genitī		genitōrum	genitārum	genitōrum
dative	genitō	genitae	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
• porphyrogenitus
• prīmōgenitus
• sōligenitus

Descendants

• → Italian: -genito
• Old French: gent
• Occitan: gent
  • Gascon: géncer (comparative forme of beròi from *genitiorem)

References

• “genitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “genitus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.