saxigenus

Latin

Etymology

From saxum (“a stone, rock”) + gignō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sakˈsi.ɡe.nus/, [s̠äkˈs̠ɪɡɛnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sakˈsi.d͡ʒe.nus/, [säkˈsiːd͡ʒenus]

Adjective

saxigenus (feminine saxigena, neuter saxigenum); first/second-declension adjective

1. born from stone, arising from rock

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	saxigenus	saxigena	saxigenum		saxigenī	saxigenae	saxigena
Genitive	saxigenī	saxigenae	saxigenī		saxigenōrum	saxigenārum	saxigenōrum
Dative	saxigenō		saxigenō		saxigenīs
Accusative	saxigenum	saxigenam	saxigenum		saxigenōs	saxigenās	saxigena
Ablative	saxigenō	saxigenā	saxigenō		saxigenīs
Vocative	saxigene	saxigena	saxigenum		saxigenī	saxigenae	saxigena

Related terms

• saxātilēs
• saxātilis
• saxētum
• saxeus
• saxiālis
• saxifer
• saxificus
• saxifragus
• saxipērium
• saxitas
• saxōsa
• saxōsitās
• saxōsus
• saxulum
• saxum

References

• “saxigenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• saxigenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.