epicoenus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
(Classical) IPA(key): /e.piˈkoe̯.nus/, [ɛpɪˈkoe̯nʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.piˈt͡ʃe.nus/, [epiˈt͡ʃɛːnus]
Adjective edit
epicoenus (feminine epicoena, neuter epicoenum); first/second-declension adjective
- (of a noun) applicable to either males or females; gender-neutral, epicene
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | epicoenus | epicoena | epicoenum | epicoenī | epicoenae | epicoena | |
| Genitive | epicoenī | epicoenae | epicoenī | epicoenōrum | epicoenārum | epicoenōrum | |
| Dative | epicoenō | epicoenō | epicoenīs | ||||
| Accusative | epicoenum | epicoenam | epicoenum | epicoenōs | epicoenās | epicoena | |
| Ablative | epicoenō | epicoenā | epicoenō | epicoenīs | |||
| Vocative | epicoene | epicoena | epicoenum | epicoenī | epicoenae | epicoena | |