generosus

Latin

Etymology

From genus (“birth, origin”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡe.neˈroː.sus/, [ɡɛnɛˈroːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.neˈro.sus/, [d͡ʒeneˈrɔːs̬us]

Adjective

generōsus (feminine generōsa, neuter generōsum, adverb generōsē); first/second-declension adjective

1. well-born, well-bred, noble
   • Source: Strauss, Emmanuel (1998) Dictionary of European Proverbs, Routledge, →ISBN, page 340

     Generosus equus non curat canem latrantem.

     "A well-bred horse does not attend to a barking dog."

2. superior, excellent
3. (figuratively) generous, magnanimous
4. (figuratively) dignified, honorable

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	generōsus	generōsa	generōsum		generōsī	generōsae	generōsa
genitive	generōsī	generōsae	generōsī		generōsōrum	generōsārum	generōsōrum
dative	generōsō	generōsae	generōsō		generōsīs
accusative	generōsum	generōsam	generōsum		generōsōs	generōsās	generōsa
ablative	generōsō	generōsā	generōsō		generōsīs
vocative	generōse	generōsa	generōsum		generōsī	generōsae	generōsa

Related terms

• generātor
• generō
• generōsē
• generōsitās

 

Descendants

• Catalan: generós
• Galician: xeneroso
• Ido: jeneroza
• Italian: generoso
• Middle French: genereux
  • → English: generous
  • French: généreux
    • → Dutch: genereus
    • → German: generös
    • → Norwegian: sjenerøs
    • → Swedish: generös
  • Norman: génétheux (Jersey)
• Occitan: generós
• Portuguese: generoso
• Romanian: generos
• Spanish: generoso

References

• “generosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “generosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• generosus 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)
• generosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)