epicoenus

Latin

Etymology

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

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛ.pɪˈkoe̯.nʊs]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.piˈt͡ʃɛː.nus]

Adjective

epicoenus (feminine epicoena, neuter epicoenum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (of a noun) applicable to either males or females; gender-neutral, epicene

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	epicoenus	epicoena	epicoenum		epicoenī	epicoenae	epicoena
genitive	epicoenī	epicoenae	epicoenī		epicoenōrum	epicoenārum	epicoenōrum
dative	epicoenō	epicoenae	epicoenō		epicoenīs
accusative	epicoenum	epicoenam	epicoenum		epicoenōs	epicoenās	epicoena
ablative	epicoenō	epicoenā	epicoenō		epicoenīs
vocative	epicoene	epicoena	epicoenum		epicoenī	epicoenae	epicoena

Related terms

• epicoenon

Descendants

• English: epicene
• Catalan: epicè
  • → Valencian: epicé
• French: épicène
  • → Romanian: epicen
• Italian: epiceno
• Portuguese: epiceno
• Spanish: epiceno
• → German: Epicönum
• →⇒ German: Genus epicoenum