epicoenus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos, “common to many people, things, etc.; promiscuous, sluttish”) (compare γένος ἐπίκοινον (génos epíkoinon, “common gender”)), from ἐπι- (epi-, prefix meaning ‘on, upon; on top of; all over’) + κοινός (koinós, “common; general, public”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”) + *-yós (suffix forming adjectives from noun stems)).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /e.piˈkoe̯.nus/,

Adjective

epicoenus (feminine epicoena, neuter epicoenum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (of a noun) applicable to either males or females; gender-neutral, epicene

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative epicoenus epicoena epicoenum epicoenī epicoenae epicoena
Genitive epicoenī epicoenae epicoenī epicoenōrum epicoenārum epicoenōrum
Dative epicoenō epicoenō epicoenīs
Accusative epicoenum epicoenam epicoenum epicoenōs epicoenās epicoena
Ablative epicoenō epicoenā epicoenō epicoenīs
Vocative epicoene epicoena epicoenum epicoenī epicoenae epicoena

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