LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

inguen

inguen n (genitive inguinis)
Classical[ˈɪŋ.ɡʷɛn]Ecclesiastical[ˈiŋ.ɡʷen]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. neutergroin
    Hīc dēmum, hippomanes vērō quod nōmine dīcunt pāstōrēs, lentum dēstīllat ab inguine vīrus, hippomanes, quod saepe malae lēgēre novercaeHere, finally, slowly trickles from the groin the poison that the shepherds call hippomanes, which evil stepmothers have often gathered and mixed with herbs and not harmless words.c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 3.280–283
  2. neuterprivates (sexual organs)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

pars corporis inter ventrem et crūs.
inguen -inis n — in Mille Verba, Corpus Hūmānum

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeingueninguina
genitiveinguinisinguinum
dativeinguinīinguinibus
accusativeingueninguina
ablativeinguineinguinibus
vocativeingueninguina

inguen, inis, n. (also late Lat. inguĭ-na, ae, f., Isid. 4, 6, 19),
I. the front part of the body between the hips.
I. Lit.
A. The groin.— Sing., Cels. 7, 20: lentum destillat ab inguine virus, Verg. G. 3, 281; more freq. plur.: candida succincta inguina (Scylla), id. E. 6, 75: ventrem atque inguina hausit, Liv. 7, 10, 10; Cels. 3, 5 al.—
B. The privy members, Ov. F. 2, 346; Hor. S. 1, 2, 26; 116; Juv. 6, 370 al.—
C. A swelling in the groin, Lucil. ap. Fest. p. 360 Müll.; Cels. 3, 5; also a swelling on the knee, Fronto ad Marc. Caes. 5, ep. 44 Mai.—
D. The abdomen: legenti suffodit inguina, Suet. Dom. 17; Stat. Th. 6, 900. —
II. Transf., of plants, the place where a branch is joined to the stem, Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 163; 17, 21, 35, § 153.

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷ-en-, related to Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn) and Old Norse ökkvinn.

Italo-Romance
  • Italianinguine
  • Italianagno
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseíngua
  • Spanishingle
  • Galicianingua
Borrowings
  • Englishinguen
  • Romanianinguină
  • Esperantoingveno
Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchaine

Quick answers

What does inguen mean in Latin?
inguen, a noun, means “groin; privates (sexual organs)”.
What is the genitive of inguen?
The genitive singular is inguinis. inguen is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce inguen?
In classical Latin, [ˈɪŋ.ɡʷɛn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈiŋ.ɡʷen].