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generosus
generosus
Latin
Adjective
generōsus m (feminine generōsa, neuter generōsum); first/second declension
- well-born, noble
- superior, excellent
- (figuratively) generous, magnanimous
- (figuratively) dignified, honorable
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | generōsus | generōsa | generōsum | generōsī | generōsae | generōsa | |
| genitive | generōsī | generōsae | generōsī | generōsōrum | generōsārum | generōsōrum | |
| dative | generōsō | generōsō | generōsīs | ||||
| accusative | generōsum | generōsam | generōsum | generōsōs | generōsās | generōsa | |
| ablative | generōsō | generōsā | generōsō | generōsīs | |||
| vocative | generōse | generōsa | generōsum | generōsī | generōsae | generōsa | |
Related terms
Descendants
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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “generosus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)