primogenita
Italian
editNoun
editprimogenita f (plural primogenite, masculine primogenito)
- eldest or firstborn daughter
Latin
editEtymology 1
editA substantivisation of the neuter plural forms of the Classical Latin adjective prīmōgenitus (“first-born”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /priː.moːˈɡe.ni.ta/, [priːmoːˈɡɛnɪt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pri.moˈd͡ʒe.ni.ta/, [primoˈd͡ʒɛːnit̪ä]
Noun
editprīmōgenita n pl (genitive prīmōgenitōrum); second declension
- (Late Latin) primogeniture (inheritance by the first-born child of the entirety of, or of a privileged position in, a parent’s wealth, estate, or office)
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | prīmōgenita |
Genitive | prīmōgenitōrum |
Dative | prīmōgenitīs |
Accusative | prīmōgenita |
Ablative | prīmōgenitīs |
Vocative | prīmōgenita |
Synonyms
edit- (primogeniture): prīmōgenitūra (Mediaeval Latin)
References
edit- “prīmōgĕnĭta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- primogenita 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)
- prīmōgĕnĭtus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,237/2.
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “primogenita (subst. neutr. plural.)”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 849/1
Etymology 2
editRegularly declined forms of prīmōgenitus (“first-born”).
Pronunciation
edit- prīmōgenita: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /priː.moːˈɡe.ni.ta/, [priːmoːˈɡɛnɪt̪ä]
- prīmōgenita: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pri.moˈd͡ʒe.ni.ta/, [primoˈd͡ʒɛːnit̪ä]
- prīmōgenitā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /priː.moːˈɡe.ni.taː/, [priːmoːˈɡɛnɪt̪äː]
- prīmōgenitā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pri.moˈd͡ʒe.ni.ta/, [primoˈd͡ʒɛːnit̪ä]
Adjective
editprīmōgenita
- inflection of prīmōgenitus:
Adjective
editprīmōgenitā
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