ingenuus

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ gignō +‎ -uus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈɡe.nu.us/, [ɪŋˈɡɛ.nʊ.ʊs]

Adjective

ingenuus (feminine ingenua, neuter ingenuum); first/second declension

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

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	ingenuus	ingenua	ingenuum		ingenuī	ingenuae	ingenua
genitive	ingenuī	ingenuae	ingenuī		ingenuōrum	ingenuārum	ingenuōrum
dative	ingenuō		ingenuō		ingenuīs
accusative	ingenuum	ingenuam	ingenuum		ingenuōs	ingenuās	ingenua
ablative	ingenuō	ingenuā	ingenuō		ingenuīs
vocative	ingenue	ingenua	ingenuum		ingenuī	ingenuae	ingenua

Descendants

• French: ingénu, ingénue
• Spanish: ingenuo, ingenua

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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• 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 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