genuinus

Possibly from a masculine u-stem *genus, -ūs, derived from the root *ǵenh₁-; see जनुस् (janus), + -īnus.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡɛ.nuˈiː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒe.nuˈiː.nus]

genuīnus (feminine genuīna, neuter genuīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. innate, native, natural

   Synonym: innatus

2. genuine, authentic

   Synonym: authenticus

First/second-declension adjective.

From gena (“cheek”) +‎ -inus (“-ine”), an adjective forming suffix indicating origin or possession.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡɛ.nuˈiː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒe.nuˈiː.nus]

genuīnus (feminine genuīna, neuter genuīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. belonging to the cheek

First/second-declension adjective.

• “genuinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “genuinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• genuinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “genuinus”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001