epicoenus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos, “common to many people, things, etc.; promiscuous, sluttish”) (compare γένος ἐπίκοινον (génos epíkoinon, “common gender”)), from ἐπι- (epi-, prefix meaning ‘on, upon; on top of; all over’) + κοινός (koinós, “common; general, public”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”) + *-yós (suffix forming adjectives from noun stems)). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛ.pɪˈkoe̯.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.piˈt͡ʃɛː.nus] === Adjective === epicoenus (feminine epicoena, neuter epicoenum); first/second-declension adjective (of a noun) applicable to either males or females; gender-neutral, epicene ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== epicoenon ==== Descendants ==== English: epicene Catalan: epicè → Valencian: epicé French: épicène → Romanian: epicen Italian: epiceno Portuguese: epiceno Spanish: epiceno → German: Epicönum →⇒ German: Genus epicoenum