permagnus

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ magnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈmaɡ.nus/, [pɛrˈmäŋnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈmaɲ.ɲus/, [perˈmäɲːus]

Adjective

permagnus (feminine permagna, neuter permagnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. very great
2. very large

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	permagnus	permagna	permagnum		permagnī	permagnae	permagna
Genitive	permagnī	permagnae	permagnī		permagnōrum	permagnārum	permagnōrum
Dative	permagnō		permagnō		permagnīs
Accusative	permagnum	permagnam	permagnum		permagnōs	permagnās	permagna
Ablative	permagnō	permagnā	permagnō		permagnīs
Vocative	permagne	permagna	permagnum		permagnī	permagnae	permagna

Descendants

• Old French: parmein, peremain, parmain, pormain (“type of pear”)
  • Middle French: permain
    • ⇒ French: poire de parmain, poire de parmein, poire de parmin, parmain royal (northern, obsolete)
  • Norman: permaine (f.)

References

• “permagnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “permagnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• permagnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• permagnus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “magnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 50