primigenius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From primus (“first”) + genus (“birth, origin”) + -ius.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /priː.miˈɡe.ni.us/, [priːmɪˈɡɛniʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pri.miˈd͡ʒe.ni.us/, [primiˈd͡ʒɛːnius]
Adjective edit
prīmigenius (feminine prīmigenia, neuter prīmigenium); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
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 edit
References edit
- “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.