Latin

Adjective

ingeniōsus m ‎(feminine ingeniosa, neuter ingeniōsum); first/second declension

1. superior in intellect, gifted with genius; intellectual, clever, ingenious
2. apt, fit for, adapted to

Inflection

First/second declension.

Derived terms

• ingeniōsē

Descendants

• French: ingénieux, ingénieuse
• Spanish: ingenioso, ingeniosa

References

• ingeniosus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ingeniosus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ingeniosus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a man of ability: vir magno ingenio, ingeniosus