Latin

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Etymology

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ingenium +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ingeniōsus (feminine ingeniōsa, neuter ingeniōsum, comparative ingeniōsior, superlative ingeniōsissimus, adverb ingeniōsē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. superior in intellect, gifted with genius; intellectual, clever, ingenious
  2. apt, fit for, adapted to

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ingeniōsus ingeniōsa ingeniōsum ingeniōsī ingeniōsae ingeniōsa
Genitive ingeniōsī ingeniōsae ingeniōsī ingeniōsōrum ingeniōsārum ingeniōsōrum
Dative ingeniōsō ingeniōsō ingeniōsīs
Accusative ingeniōsum ingeniōsam ingeniōsum ingeniōsōs ingeniōsās ingeniōsa
Ablative ingeniōsō ingeniōsā ingeniōsō ingeniōsīs
Vocative ingeniōse ingeniōsa ingeniōsum ingeniōsī ingeniōsae ingeniōsa

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References

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  • ingeniosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ingeniosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ingeniosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a man of ability: vir magno ingenio, ingeniosus