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 Latin) 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.

Descendants