unigenitus

== Latin == === Etymology === Calque of Ancient Greek μονογενής (monogenḗs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [uː.nɪˈɡɛ.nɪ.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [u.niˈd͡ʒɛː.ni.tus] === Adjective === ūnigenitus (feminine ūnigenita, neuter ūnigenitum); first/second-declension adjective only-begotten ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== → English: only-begotten (calque) → German: eingeboren (calque) → Italian: unigenito → Portuguese: unigénito, unigênito → Spanish: unigénito === References === “unigenitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “unigenitus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.