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Latin
Etymology
From in- + gignō + -ium.
Pronunciation
Noun
ingenium n (genitive ingeniī or ingenī); second declension
- innate or natural quality, natural character; nature
- Synonyms: indolēs, mēns, habitus, nātūra, character
- disposition, temper, inclination
- intelligence, natural capacity
- talent, ability, art
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 2.123:
- dēficit ingenium, maiōraque vīribus urgent
- My ability is lacking, and what urges me on is greater than my strength.
- a man of genius, a genius
- (Medieval Latin) machine, engine
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
References
- “ingenium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ingenium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ingenium 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)
- ingenium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a man of ability: vir magno ingenio, ingeniosus
- a man of ability: vir magno ingenio praeditus
- to be talented, gifted: ingenio valere
- to be very talented: ingenio abundare
- natural gifts: natura et ingenium
- to sharpen the wits: ingenium acuere
- penetration; sagacity: ingenii acumen
- dulness of intellect: ingenii tarditas (opp. celeritas)
- weakmindedness: ingenii infirmitas or imbecillitas
- imagination: ingenium, cogitatio
- vivid, lively imagination: ingenii vis or celeritas
- to cultivate the mind: animum, ingenium excolere (not colere)
- mental culture: animi, ingenii cultus (not cultura)
- to be gifted, talented: ingenio valere
- to possess rich mental endowments: summo ingenio praeditum esse
- we expect a great deal from a man of your calibre: magna est exspectatio ingenii tui
- to make a character-sketch of a person: de ingenio moribusque alicuius exponere
- to indulge one's caprice: sibi or ingenio suo indulgere (Nep. Chabr. 3)
- character: natura et mores; vita moresque; indoles animi ingeniique; or simply ingenium, indoles, natura, mores