primogenitalis
Latin
editEtymology
editprīmōgenitus (“first-born”) + -ālis
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /priː.moː.ɡe.niˈtaː.lis/, [priːmoːɡɛnɪˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pri.mo.d͡ʒe.niˈta.lis/, [primod͡ʒeniˈt̪äːlis]
Adjective
editprīmōgenitālis (neuter prīmōgenitāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- first-born
- the first of all as to origin, original
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Tertullian to this entry?)
Declension
editThird-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | prīmōgenitālis | prīmōgenitāle | prīmōgenitālēs | prīmōgenitālia | |
Genitive | prīmōgenitālis | prīmōgenitālium | |||
Dative | prīmōgenitālī | prīmōgenitālibus | |||
Accusative | prīmōgenitālem | prīmōgenitāle | prīmōgenitālēs prīmōgenitālīs |
prīmōgenitālia | |
Ablative | prīmōgenitālī | prīmōgenitālibus | |||
Vocative | prīmōgenitālis | prīmōgenitāle | prīmōgenitālēs | prīmōgenitālia |
Synonyms
edit- (first-born): prīmōgenitus (post-Augustan but Classical)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- English: primogenital
References
edit- “prīmōgĕnĭtālis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- primogenitalis 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)
- prīmōgĕnĭtālis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,237/2.