eugeneus

Latin

Alternative forms

• eugenīus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐγενής (eugenḗs, “well-born, thoroughbred”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eu̯.ɡeˈneː.us/, [ɛu̯ɡɛˈneːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eu̯.d͡ʒeˈne.us/, [eu̯d͡ʒeˈnɛːus]

Adjective

eugenēus (feminine eugenēa, neuter eugenēum); first/second-declension adjective

1. noble (of noble birth)
2. generous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	eugenēus	eugenēa	eugenēum		eugenēī	eugenēae	eugenēa
genitive	eugenēī	eugenēae	eugenēī		eugenēōrum	eugenēārum	eugenēōrum
dative	eugenēō	eugenēae	eugenēō		eugenēīs
accusative	eugenēum	eugenēam	eugenēum		eugenēōs	eugenēās	eugenēa
ablative	eugenēō	eugenēā	eugenēō		eugenēīs
vocative	eugenēe	eugenēa	eugenēum		eugenēī	eugenēae	eugenēa

Related terms

• Eugenius

References

• “eugeneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• eugeneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.