LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

epicoenus

epicoenus (feminine epicoena, neuter epicoenum)
Classical[ɛ.pɪˈkoe̯.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[e.piˈt͡ʃɛː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveapplicable to either males or females; gender-neutral, epicene

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeepicoenusepicoenaepicoenum
genitiveepicoenīepicoenaeepicoenī
dativeepicoenōepicoenaeepicoenō
accusativeepicoenumepicoenamepicoenum
ablativeepicoenōepicoenāepicoenō
vocativeepicoeneepicoenaepicoenum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeepicoenīepicoenaeepicoena
genitiveepicoenōrumepicoenārumepicoenōrum
dativeepicoenīsepicoenīsepicoenīs
accusativeepicoenōsepicoenāsepicoena
ablativeepicoenīsepicoenīsepicoenīs
vocativeepicoenīepicoenaeepicoena

ĕpĭcœnus, a, um, adj., = ἐπίκοινος, in gram.,
I. of both genders, epicene (pure Lat. promiscuus): genus, Don. p. 1746 fin.; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 24.

Origins

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)).

Descendants
  • Englishepicene
  • Catalanepicè
  • Frenchépicène
  • Romanianepicenfrom French épicène
  • Italianepiceno
  • Portugueseepiceno
  • Spanishepiceno
  • GermanEpicönum
  • GermanGenus epicoenum
  • Valencianepicéfrom Catalan epicè

Quick answers

What does epicoenus mean in Latin?
epicoenus, a adjective, means “applicable to either males or females; gender-neutral, epicene”.
How do you pronounce epicoenus?
In classical Latin, [ɛ.pɪˈkoe̯.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [e.piˈt͡ʃɛː.nus].