unigenitus
See also: Unigenitus
Latin
Etymology
Calque of Ancient Greek μονογενής (monogenḗs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /uː.niˈɡe.ni.tus/, [uːnɪˈɡɛnɪt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /u.niˈd͡ʒe.ni.tus/, [uniˈd͡ʒɛːnit̪us]
Adjective
ūnigenitus (feminine ūnigenita, neuter ūnigenitum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ūnigenitus | ūnigenita | ūnigenitum | ūnigenitī | ūnigenitae | ūnigenita | |
| Genitive | ūnigenitī | ūnigenitae | ūnigenitī | ūnigenitōrum | ūnigenitārum | ūnigenitōrum | |
| Dative | ūnigenitō | ūnigenitō | ūnigenitīs | ||||
| Accusative | ūnigenitum | ūnigenitam | ūnigenitum | ūnigenitōs | ūnigenitās | ūnigenita | |
| Ablative | ūnigenitō | ūnigenitā | ūnigenitō | ūnigenitīs | |||
| Vocative | ūnigenite | ūnigenita | ūnigenitum | ūnigenitī | ūnigenitae | ūnigenita | |
Descendants
- → English: only-begotten (calque)
- → German: eingeboren (calque)
- → Italian: unigenito
- → Portuguese: unigénito, unigênito
- → Spanish: unigénito
References
- “unigenitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- unigenitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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