generōsus adj. with comp. and sup. genus, of noble birth, well-born, noble, eminent: stirps: sanguine Teucri Anaxarete, O.: nemo generosior est te, H.: existumo fortissimum quemque generosissimum, S.: atria, O.
—Of a good kind, noble, superior, excellent: pecus, V.: generosum requiro (vinum), H.: flos, O.: Insula metallis, V.
—Fig., noble-minded, magnanimous, generous: rex: generosum dicere hunc, Iu.
—Noble, dignified, honorable: ortus amicitiae: virtus: forma.