epicoenus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos, “common to many people, things, etc.; promiscuous, sluttish”) (compare γένος ἐπίκοινον (génos epíkoinon, “common gender”)), from ἐπι- (epi-, prefix meaning ‘on, upon; on top of; all over’) + κοινός (koinós, “common; general, public”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”) + *-yós (suffix forming adjectives from noun stems)).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈkoe̯.nus/, [ɛpɪˈkoe̯nʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈt͡ʃe.nus/, [epiˈt͡ʃɛːnus]

Adjective

epicoenus (feminine epicoena, neuter epicoenum); first/second-declension adjective

(of a noun) applicable to either males or females; gender-neutral, epicene

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	epicoenus	epicoena	epicoenum	epicoenī	epicoenae	epicoena
Genitive	epicoenī	epicoenae	epicoenī	epicoenōrum	epicoenārum	epicoenōrum
Dative	epicoenō	epicoenae	epicoenō	epicoenīs
Accusative	epicoenum	epicoenam	epicoenum	epicoenōs	epicoenās	epicoena
Ablative	epicoenō	epicoenā	epicoenō	epicoenīs
Vocative	epicoene	epicoena	epicoenum	epicoenī	epicoenae	epicoena

Related terms

epicoenon

Descendants

English: epicene
Catalan: epicè
- → Valencian: epicé
French: épicène
- → Romanian: epicen
Italian: epiceno
Portuguese: epiceno
Spanish: epiceno
→ German: Epicönum
→⇒ German: Genus epicoenum

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