From gigno (“bear, beget, engender”) + -a (suffix forming agent nouns). Compare the variant -genus.
-gena (genitive -genae); first-declension suffix (masculine and neuter forms identical to feminine forms)
First-declension adjective (masculine and neuter forms identical to feminine forms).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -gena | -genae | -gena | ||
| Genitive | -genae | -genārum | |||
| Dative | -genīs | ||||
| Accusative | -genam | -gena | -genās | -gena | |
| Ablative | -genā | -genīs | |||
| Vocative | -gena | -genae | -gena | ||