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Latin
Etymology
From genus (“birth, origin”) + -ōsus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
generōsus (feminine generōsa, neuter generōsum, adverb generōsē); first/second-declension adjective
- well-born, well-bred, noble
- Source: Strauss, Emmanuel (1998) Dictionary of European Proverbs, Routledge, →ISBN, page 340
- Generosus equus non curat canem latrantem.
- "A well-bred horse does not attend to a barking dog."
- superior, excellent
- (figuratively) generous, magnanimous
- (figuratively) dignified, honorable
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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Descendants
References
- “generosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “generosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- generosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- generosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)