Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *preiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (in front), with semantic shift "(being) in front" > "being separate".[1] Compare prior, prīmus, prīscus, prīstinus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

prīvus (feminine prīva, neuter prīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. one each
  2. one's own, private, peculiar, particular
  3. (with genitive) deprived of

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative prīvus prīva prīvum prīvī prīvae prīva
Genitive prīvī prīvae prīvī prīvōrum prīvārum prīvōrum
Dative prīvō prīvō prīvīs
Accusative prīvum prīvam prīvum prīvōs prīvās prīva
Ablative prīvō prīvā prīvō prīvīs
Vocative prīve prīva prīvum prīvī prīvae prīva

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • privus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • privus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • privus 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)
  • privus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 489