primiformis

Latin

Etymology

From prīmus (“first”) +‎ -fōrmis (“having the form of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /priː.miˈfoːr.mis/, [priːmɪˈfoːrmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pri.miˈfor.mis/, [primiˈfɔrmis]

Adjective

prīmifōrmis (neuter prīmifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of or belonging to the primary form; original

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	prīmifōrmis	prīmifōrme		prīmifōrmēs	prīmifōrmia
Genitive	prīmifōrmis			prīmifōrmium
Dative	prīmifōrmī			prīmifōrmibus
Accusative	prīmifōrmem	prīmifōrme		prīmifōrmēs prīmifōrmīs	prīmifōrmia
Ablative	prīmifōrmī			prīmifōrmibus
Vocative	prīmifōrmis	prīmifōrme		prīmifōrmēs	prīmifōrmia

References

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