ingens
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Traditionally from in- (“un-, not”) + gens (“kind, family, race”); something that goes beyond what is natural for its kind. Sometimes linked to Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s, from an extended form of the oblique stem *m̥ǵh₂- ; this would make it cognate to magnus, Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas) and Sanskrit महत् (mahat)[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.ɡens/, [ˈɪŋɡẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈin.d͡ʒens/, [ˈin̠ʲd͡ʒens]
Adjective edit
ingēns (genitive ingentis, comparative ingentior, superlative ingentissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
- huge, vast, enormous
- immoderate, exorbitant
- extraordinary, unnatural
- (figuratively) mighty, powerful
Declension edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ingēns | ingentēs | ingentia | ||
| Genitive | ingentis | ingentium | |||
| Dative | ingentī | ingentibus | |||
| Accusative | ingentem | ingēns | ingentēs | ingentia | |
| Ablative | ingentī | ingentibus | |||
| Vocative | ingēns | ingentēs | ingentia | ||
- The ablative singular also appears as ingente.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “ingens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ingens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ingens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a numerous army: ingens, maximus exercitus (not numerosus)
- to cause great slaughter, carnage: ingentem caedem edere (Liv. 5. 13)
- a numerous army: ingens, maximus exercitus (not numerosus)