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]

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

Adjective

ēpīcoenus (feminine ēpīcoena, neuter ēpīcoenum); 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	ēpīcoenus	ēpīcoena	ēpīcoenum	ēpīcoenī	ēpīcoenae	ēpīcoena
Genitive	ēpīcoenī	ēpīcoenae	ēpīcoenī	ēpīcoenōrum	ēpīcoenārum	ēpīcoenōrum
Dative	ēpīcoenō	ēpīcoenae	ēpīcoenō	ēpīcoenīs
Accusative	ēpīcoenum	ēpīcoenam	ēpīcoenum	ēpīcoenōs	ēpīcoenās	ēpīcoena
Ablative	ēpīcoenō	ēpīcoenā	ēpīcoenō	ēpīcoenīs
Vocative	ēpīcoene	ēpīcoena	ēpīcoenum	ēpīcoenī	ēpīcoenae	ēpīcoena

Related terms

epicoenon

Descendants

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

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