generosus

== Latin == === Etymology === From genus (“birth, origin”) +‎ -ōsus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɛ.nɛˈroː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒe.neˈrɔː.s̬us] === Adjective === generōsus (feminine generōsa, neuter generōsum, adverb generōsē); first/second-declension adjective well-born, well-bred, noble Source: Strauss, Emmanuel (1998), Dictionary of European Proverbs, Routledge, →ISBN, page 340 Generosus equus non curat canem latrantem. "A well-bred horse does not attend to a barking dog." superior, excellent (figuratively) generous, magnanimous (figuratively) dignified, honorable ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “generosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “generosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "generosus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “generosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)