-gnus

See also: gnus, Gnus, and ġnus

Latin

Etymology

From a combining form *-ǵn(h₁)-os[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”), whence Latin gignō (“give birth”).[2] Compare -genus, which was reformed from other forms.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-gnus (feminine -gna, neuter -gnum); first/second-declension suffix

  1. suffix forming adjectives denoting origin. born, originated from
    ‎bene (“well”) + ‎-gnus → ‎benignus (“kind, generous”)
    ‎male (“badly”) + ‎-gnus → ‎malignus (“ungenerous, grudging”)
    ‎bi- (“two-”) + ‎-gnus → ‎bignae (“twins”)
    ‎prīvus + ‎-gnus → ‎prīvignus (“stepson”)
    ‎abiēs (“fir”) + ‎-gnus → ‎abiēgnus (“made of fir wood”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative -gnus -gna -gnum -gnī -gnae -gna
Genitive -gnī -gnae -gnī -gnōrum -gnārum -gnōrum
Dative -gnō -gnō -gnīs
Accusative -gnum -gnam -gnum -gnōs -gnās -gna
Ablative -gnō -gnā -gnō -gnīs
Vocative -gne -gna -gnum -gnī -gnae -gna

Derived terms
Latin terms suffixed with -gnus

References
  1. Nussbaum, Alan J (2017), "The Latin “bonus rule” and benignus ‘generous, kind’" (preprint)
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “gignō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 260–261
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