genuinus

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === Possibly from a masculine u-stem *genus, -ūs, derived from the root *ǵenh₁-; see जनुस् (janus), + -īnus. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɛ.nuˈiː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒe.nuˈiː.nus] ==== Adjective ==== genuīnus (feminine genuīna, neuter genuīnum); first/second-declension adjective innate, native, natural Synonym: innatus genuine, authentic Synonym: authenticus ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === From gena (“cheek”) +‎ -inus (“-ine”), an adjective forming suffix indicating origin or possession. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɛ.nuˈiː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒe.nuˈiː.nus] ==== Adjective ==== genuīnus (feminine genuīna, neuter genuīnum); first/second-declension adjective belonging to the cheek ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “genuinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “genuinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “genuinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “genuinus”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001