unigenitus

See also: Unigenitus

Latin

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek μονογενής (monogenḗs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uː.niˈɡe.ni.tus/, [uːnɪˈɡɛnɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.niˈd͡ʒe.ni.tus/, [uniˈd͡ʒɛːnit̪us]

Adjective

ūnigenitus (feminine ūnigenita, neuter ūnigenitum); first/second-declension adjective

1. only-begotten

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ūnigenitus	ūnigenita	ūnigenitum		ūnigenitī	ūnigenitae	ūnigenita
Genitive	ūnigenitī	ūnigenitae	ūnigenitī		ūnigenitōrum	ūnigenitārum	ūnigenitōrum
Dative	ūnigenitō		ūnigenitō		ūnigenitīs
Accusative	ūnigenitum	ūnigenitam	ūnigenitum		ūnigenitōs	ūnigenitās	ūnigenita
Ablative	ūnigenitō	ūnigenitā	ūnigenitō		ūnigenitīs
Vocative	ūnigenite	ūnigenita	ūnigenitum		ūnigenitī	ūnigenitae	ūnigenita

Descendants

• → English: only-begotten (calque)
• → German: eingeboren (calque)
• → Italian: unigenito
• → Portuguese: unigénito, unigênito
• → Spanish: unigénito

References

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