igneus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁engʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís

Proto-Italic *engʷnis

Latin ign(is)

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin igneus

Derived from ign(is) (“fire”) +‎ -eus (“-ous”, derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪŋ.ne.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiɲ.ɲe.us]

Adjective

igneus (feminine ignea, neuter igneum); first/second-declension adjective

1. fiery, hot, on fire, burning
2. ardent, fervid, vehement
3. flame-coloured, bright reddish-yellow

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	igneus	ignea	igneum		igneī	igneae	ignea
genitive	igneī	igneae	igneī		igneōrum	igneārum	igneōrum
dative	igneō	igneae	igneō		igneīs
accusative	igneum	igneam	igneum		igneōs	igneās	ignea
ablative	igneō	igneā	igneō		igneīs
vocative	ignee	ignea	igneum		igneī	igneae	ignea

Descendants

• Catalan: igni
• French: igné
• Galician: ígneo
• Italian: igneo
• Portuguese: ígneo
• Spanish: ígneo
• → English: igneous

References

• “igneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “igneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “igneus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.