primaevus

Latin

Etymology

Derived from prīmus (“first”) +‎ aevum (“age”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /priːˈmae̯.u̯us/, [priːˈmäe̯u̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /priˈme.vus/, [priˈmɛːvus]

Adjective

prīmaevus (feminine prīmaeva, neuter prīmaevum); first/second-declension adjective

1. primeval

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	prīmaevus	prīmaeva	prīmaevum		prīmaevī	prīmaevae	prīmaeva
Genitive	prīmaevī	prīmaevae	prīmaevī		prīmaevōrum	prīmaevārum	prīmaevōrum
Dative	prīmaevō		prīmaevō		prīmaevīs
Accusative	prīmaevum	prīmaevam	prīmaevum		prīmaevōs	prīmaevās	prīmaeva
Ablative	prīmaevō	prīmaevā	prīmaevō		prīmaevīs
Vocative	prīmaeve	prīmaeva	prīmaevum		prīmaevī	prīmaevae	prīmaeva

Descendants

• → English: primevous
• → Italian: primevo
• → Portuguese: primevo

References

• “primaevus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• primaevus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.