"-gnus" meaning in Latin

See -gnus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ɡnus/ [Classical], [ŋnʊs̠] [Classical], /ɲus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ɲus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From a combining form *-ǵn(h₁)-os from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”), whence Latin gignō (“give birth”). Compare -genus, which was reformed from other forms. Etymology templates: {{m|ine-pro||*-ǵn(h₁)-os}} *-ǵn(h₁)-os, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-|t=to produce, to beget, to give birth}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”), {{m+|la|gignō|t=give birth}} Latin gignō (“give birth”), {{m|la|-genus}} -genus Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|-gnus}} Forms: -gna [feminine], -gnum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], -gnus [masculine, nominative, singular], -gna [feminine, nominative, singular], -gnum [neuter, nominative, singular], -gnī [masculine, nominative, plural], -gnae [feminine, nominative, plural], -gna [neuter, nominative, plural], -gnī [genitive, masculine, singular], -gnae [feminine, genitive, singular], -gnī [genitive, neuter, singular], -gnōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], -gnārum [feminine, genitive, plural], -gnōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], -gnō [dative, masculine, singular], -gnae [dative, feminine, singular], -gnō [dative, neuter, singular], -gnīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -gnum [accusative, masculine, singular], -gnam [accusative, feminine, singular], -gnum [accusative, neuter, singular], -gnōs [accusative, masculine, plural], -gnās [accusative, feminine, plural], -gna [accusative, neuter, plural], -gnō [ablative, masculine, singular], -gnā [ablative, feminine, singular], -gnō [ablative, neuter, singular], -gnīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -gne [masculine, singular, vocative], -gna [feminine, singular, vocative], -gnum [neuter, singular, vocative], -gnī [masculine, plural, vocative], -gnae [feminine, plural, vocative], -gna [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. suffix forming adjectives denoting origin. born, originated from Tags: declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, suffix
    Sense id: en--gnus-la-suffix-tj4L3lEM

Download JSON data for -gnus meaning in Latin (4.8kB)

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        },
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        },
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      "ipa": "/ɲus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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    {
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    {
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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        "feminine",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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        "feminine",
        "singular"
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    },
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        "singular"
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
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        "plural",
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    {
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        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin suffixes",
        "Latin suffixes with red links in their inflection tables",
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        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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