ingens
Latin
Etymology
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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.ɡens/, [ˈɪŋ.ɡẽːs]
Adjective
ingēns (genitive ingentis); third declension
- huge, vast, enormous
- immoderate, exorbitant
- extraordinary, unnatural
- (figuratively) mighty, powerful
Inflection
Third declension.
| 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 | ||
- comparative: ingentior, superlative: ingentissimus
- The ablative singular also appears as ingente.
Descendants
References
- 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, 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)
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