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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *enge(gə)nwos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”) + *ǵeǵn̥h₁wṓs, participle of *ǵeǵónh₁e; related to gignō. Equivalent to in- + gignō + -uus. See also indigenus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ingenuus (feminine ingenua, neuter ingenuum); first/second-declension adjective
- natural, indigenous
- freeborn
- noble, upright, frank, candid, ingenuous
- delicate, tender
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “ingenuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ingenuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ingenuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the sciences; the fine arts: optima studia, bonae, optimae, liberales, ingenuae artes, disciplinae
- to receive a liberal education: liberaliter, ingenue, bene educari
- “ingenuus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ingenuus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “ingenuus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin