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Italian
Adjective
generose f pl
- feminine plural of generoso
Latin
Etymology
From generōsus (“noble, well-born”).
Adverb
generōsē (comparative generōsius, superlative generōsissimē)
- nobly
Usage notes
- Only the comparative form is attested in Classical Latin.
References
- “generose”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “generose”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- generose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)