primigenius

Latin

Etymology

From primus (“first”) + genus (“birth, origin”) + -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /priː.miˈɡe.ni.us/, [priːmɪˈɡɛniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pri.miˈd͡ʒe.ni.us/, [primiˈd͡ʒɛːnius]

Adjective

prīmigenius (feminine prīmigenia, neuter prīmigenium); first/second-declension adjective

1. original, primitive
2. firstborn

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	prīmigenius	prīmigenia	prīmigenium		prīmigeniī	prīmigeniae	prīmigenia
Genitive	prīmigeniī	prīmigeniae	prīmigeniī		prīmigeniōrum	prīmigeniārum	prīmigeniōrum
Dative	prīmigeniō		prīmigeniō		prīmigeniīs
Accusative	prīmigenium	prīmigeniam	prīmigenium		prīmigeniōs	prīmigeniās	prīmigenia
Ablative	prīmigeniō	prīmigeniā	prīmigeniō		prīmigeniīs
Vocative	prīmigenie	prīmigenia	prīmigenium		prīmigeniī	prīmigeniae	prīmigenia

Derived terms

• sulcus primigenius

 

References

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