generosus

From genus (“birth, origin”) +‎ -ōsus.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡe.neˈroː.sus/, [ɡɛnɛˈroːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.neˈro.sus/, [d͡ʒeneˈrɔːs̬us]

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

1. well-born, well-bred, noble
   • Source: Dictionary of European Proverbs, Routledge, 1998, →ISBN, page 340

     Generosus equus non curat canem latrantem.

     "A well-bred horse does not attend to a barking dog."

2. superior, excellent
3. (figuratively) generous, magnanimous
4. (figuratively) dignified, honorable

First/second-declension adjective.

• “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’s 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)