archetypus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρχέτυπος (arkhetupos, “first-moulded”), from ἀρχή (arkhē, “first, origin ”) + τύπος (typos, “sort, type, press”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ar.kʰe.ˈty.pus/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ar.ke.ˈti.pus/

Adjective

archetypus m (feminine archetypa, neuter archetypum); first/second declension

1. archtypical, original
   • 1611, Johannes Kepler, Strena seu De Niva Sexangula, p. 10:

     Hic illi archetypus a creatore impressus est.

     Here this original (pattern) was impressed by the creator.

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	archetypus	archetypa	archetypum		archetypī	archetypae	archetypa
genitive	archetypī	archetypae	archetypī		archetypōrum	archetypārum	archetypōrum
dative	archetypō	archetypae	archetypō		archetypīs	archetypīs	archetypīs
accusative	archetypum	archetypam	archetypum		archetypōs	archetypās	archetypa
ablative	archetypō	archetypā	archetypō		archetypīs	archetypīs	archetypīs
vocative	archetype	archetypa	archetypum		archetypī	archetypae	archetypa

Descendants

• English: archetype

References

archetypus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879