archetypus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρχέτυπος (arkhétupos, “first-moulded”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “first, origin”) +‎ τύπος (túpos, “sort, type, press”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /arˈkʰe.ty.pus/, [ärˈkʰɛt̪ʏpʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈke.ti.pus/, [ärˈkɛːt̪ipus]

Adjective

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

1. archetypical, original
   • 1611, Johannes Kepler, Strena seu De Niva Sexangula, page 10:

     Hic illi archetypus a creatore impressus est.

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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		archetypō		archetypīs
Accusative	archetypum	archetypam	archetypum		archetypōs	archetypās	archetypa
Ablative	archetypō	archetypā	archetypō		archetypīs
Vocative	archetype	archetypa	archetypum		archetypī	archetypae	archetypa

Further reading

• “archetypus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “archetypus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• archetypus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• archetypus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016