generosus

Latin

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os

Proto-Italic *genos

Latin genus

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.

Latin -ōsus

Latin generōsus

From genus (“birth, origin”) + -ōsus.

generōsus (feminine generōsa, neuter generōsum, adverb generōsē); first/second-declension adjective

well-born, well-bred, noble
- Source: Strauss, Emmanuel (1998), Dictionary of European Proverbs, Routledge, →ISBN, page 340
  Generosus equus non curat canem latrantem.
  "A well-bred horse does not attend to a barking dog."
superior, excellent
(figuratively) generous, magnanimous
(figuratively) dignified, honorable

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	generōsus	generōsa	generōsum	generōsī	generōsae	generōsa
genitive	generōsī	generōsae	generōsī	generōsōrum	generōsārum	generōsōrum
dative	generōsō	generōsae	generōsō	generōsīs
accusative	generōsum	generōsam	generōsum	generōsōs	generōsās	generōsa
ablative	generōsō	generōsā	generōsō	generōsīs
vocative	generōse	generōsa	generōsum	generōsī	generōsae	generōsa

“generosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“generosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"generosus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
“generosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)