primogenitus

Latin

Etymology

Compound of prīmus (“first”) +‎ genitus (“begotten”), calqued after the Ancient Greek πρωτότοκος (prōtótokos, “first-born”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /priː.moːˈɡe.ni.tus/, [priːmoːˈɡɛnɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pri.moˈd͡ʒe.ni.tus/, [primoˈd͡ʒɛːnit̪us]

Adjective

prīmōgenitus (feminine prīmōgenita, neuter prīmōgenitum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (post-Augustan) first-born

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	prīmōgenitus	prīmōgenita	prīmōgenitum		prīmōgenitī	prīmōgenitae	prīmōgenita
Genitive	prīmōgenitī	prīmōgenitae	prīmōgenitī		prīmōgenitōrum	prīmōgenitārum	prīmōgenitōrum
Dative	prīmōgenitō		prīmōgenitō		prīmōgenitīs
Accusative	prīmōgenitum	prīmōgenitam	prīmōgenitum		prīmōgenitōs	prīmōgenitās	prīmōgenita
Ablative	prīmōgenitō	prīmōgenitā	prīmōgenitō		prīmōgenitīs
Vocative	prīmōgenite	prīmōgenita	prīmōgenitum		prīmōgenitī	prīmōgenitae	prīmōgenita

Synonyms

• (first-born): prīmōgenitālis (Ecclesiastical Latin)

Derived terms

• prīmōgenita (Late Latin)
• prīmōgenitālis (Ecclesiastical Latin)
• prīmōgenitīvus
• prīmōgenitūra (Mediaeval Latin)

Descendants

• Catalan: primogènit
• English: primogenit, primogenitary
• Galician: primoxénito
• Italian: primogenito
• Middle French: primogenit
• Portuguese: primogênito
• Spanish: primogénito

References

• “prīmōgĕnĭtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prīmōgĕnĭtus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,237/2.