epicoenus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos, “common to many people, things, etc.; promiscuous, sluttish”) (compare γένος ἐπίκοινον (génos epíkoinon, “common gender”)), from ἐπι- (epi-, prefix meaning ‘on, upon; on top of; all over’) + κοινός (koinós, “common; general, public”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”) + *-yós (suffix forming adjectives from noun stems)).
Pronunciation
[edit](Classical Latin) IPA(key): /e.piˈkoe̯.nus/, [ɛpɪˈkoe̯nʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.piˈt͡ʃe.nus/, [epiˈt͡ʃɛːnus]
Adjective
[edit]epicoenus (feminine epicoena, neuter epicoenum); first/second-declension adjective
- (of a noun) applicable to either males or females; gender-neutral, epicene
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | epicoenus | epicoena | epicoenum | epicoenī | epicoenae | epicoena | |
| genitive | epicoenī | epicoenae | epicoenī | epicoenōrum | epicoenārum | epicoenōrum | |
| dative | epicoenō | epicoenae | epicoenō | epicoenīs | |||
| accusative | epicoenum | epicoenam | epicoenum | epicoenōs | epicoenās | epicoena | |
| ablative | epicoenō | epicoenā | epicoenō | epicoenīs | |||
| vocative | epicoene | epicoena | epicoenum | epicoenī | epicoenae | epicoena | |