congenitus

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“together”) +‎ genitus (“begotten”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔŋˈɡɛ.nɪ.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kon̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛː.ni.tus]

Adjective

congenitus (feminine congenita, neuter congenitum); first/second-declension adjective

1. born together
2. innate

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	congenitus	congenita	congenitum		congenitī	congenitae	congenita
genitive	congenitī	congenitae	congenitī		congenitōrum	congenitārum	congenitōrum
dative	congenitō	congenitae	congenitō		congenitīs
accusative	congenitum	congenitam	congenitum		congenitōs	congenitās	congenita
ablative	congenitō	congenitā	congenitō		congenitīs
vocative	congenite	congenita	congenitum		congenitī	congenitae	congenita

References

• “congenitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “congenitus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Karl Ernst Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (Hannover, 1918; reprint Darmstadt, 1998), vol. 1, p. 1467.