primogenita
Italian edit
Noun edit
primogenita f (plural primogenite, masculine primogenito)
- eldest or firstborn daughter
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
A substantivisation of the neuter plural forms of the Classical Latin adjective prīmōgenitus (“first-born”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /priː.moːˈɡe.ni.ta/, [priːmoːˈɡɛnɪt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pri.moˈd͡ʒe.ni.ta/, [primoˈd͡ʒɛːnit̪ä]
Noun edit
prīmōgenita n pl (genitive prīmōgenitōrum); second declension
- (Late Latin) primogeniture (inheritance by the first-born child of the entirety of, or of a privileged position in, a parent’s wealth, estate, or office)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | prīmōgenita |
Genitive | prīmōgenitōrum |
Dative | prīmōgenitīs |
Accusative | prīmōgenita |
Ablative | prīmōgenitīs |
Vocative | prīmōgenita |
Synonyms edit
- (primogeniture): prīmōgenitūra (Mediaeval Latin)
References edit
- “prīmōgĕnĭta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- primogenita in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- prīmōgĕnĭtus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,237/2.
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “primogenita (subst. neutr. plural.)”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 849/1
Etymology 2 edit
Regularly declined forms of prīmōgenitus (“first-born”).
Pronunciation edit
- prīmōgenita: (Classical) IPA(key): /priː.moːˈɡe.ni.ta/, [priːmoːˈɡɛnɪt̪ä]
- prīmōgenita: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pri.moˈd͡ʒe.ni.ta/, [primoˈd͡ʒɛːnit̪ä]
- prīmōgenitā: (Classical) IPA(key): /priː.moːˈɡe.ni.taː/, [priːmoːˈɡɛnɪt̪äː]
- prīmōgenitā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pri.moˈd͡ʒe.ni.ta/, [primoˈd͡ʒɛːnit̪ä]
Adjective edit
prīmōgenita
- inflection of prīmōgenitus:
Adjective edit
prīmōgenitā