ingeniosus

Latin

Etymology

ingenium +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.ɡe.niˈoː.sus/, [ɪŋɡɛniˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.d͡ʒe.niˈo.sus/, [in̠ʲd͡ʒeniˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

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

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ingeniōsus	ingeniōsa	ingeniōsum		ingeniōsī	ingeniōsae	ingeniōsa
genitive	ingeniōsī	ingeniōsae	ingeniōsī		ingeniōsōrum	ingeniōsārum	ingeniōsōrum
dative	ingeniōsō	ingeniōsae	ingeniōsō		ingeniōsīs
accusative	ingeniōsum	ingeniōsam	ingeniōsum		ingeniōsōs	ingeniōsās	ingeniōsa
ablative	ingeniōsō	ingeniōsā	ingeniōsō		ingeniōsīs
vocative	ingeniōse	ingeniōsa	ingeniōsum		ingeniōsī	ingeniōsae	ingeniōsa

Derived terms

• ingeniōsē

Descendants

• Catalan: enginyós
• Galician: enxeñoso
• Italian: ingegnoso
• → Middle French:
  • French: ingénieux
  • → English: ingenious
• Old French: engignos
  • → English: enginous
• Portuguese: engenhoso
• Sicilian: ncignusu
• → Spanish: ingenioso

References

• “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, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a man of ability: vir magno ingenio, ingeniosus