-gnus

See also: gnus, Gnus, and ġnus

Latin

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.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡnus/, [ŋnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɲus/, [ɲus]

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”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-gnus	-gna	-gnum		-gnī	-gnae	-gna
genitive	-gnī	-gnae	-gnī		-gnōrum	-gnārum	-gnōrum
dative	-gnō	-gnae	-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