primigenus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Compound of prīmus (“first”) + genus (“begotten”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /priːˈmi.ɡe.nus/, [priːˈmɪɡɛnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /priˈmi.d͡ʒe.nus/, [priˈmiːd͡ʒenus]
Adjective edit
prīmigenus (feminine prīmigena, neuter prīmigenum); first/second-declension adjective
- original
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | prīmigenus | prīmigena | prīmigenum | prīmigenī | prīmigenae | prīmigena | |
| Genitive | prīmigenī | prīmigenae | prīmigenī | prīmigenōrum | prīmigenārum | prīmigenōrum | |
| Dative | prīmigenō | prīmigenō | prīmigenīs | ||||
| Accusative | prīmigenum | prīmigenam | prīmigenum | prīmigenōs | prīmigenās | prīmigena | |
| Ablative | prīmigenō | prīmigenā | prīmigenō | prīmigenīs | |||
| Vocative | prīmigene | prīmigena | prīmigenum | prīmigenī | prīmigenae | prīmigena | |
References edit
- “primigenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- primigenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.