postremogenitus
Latin
FWOTD – 1 August 2013
Etymology
postrēmus (“[person who is] last”) + genitus (“begotten”); compare prīmōgenitus (“first-born”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔs.treː.moːˈɡɛ.nɪ.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pos.t̪re.moˈd͡ʒɛː.ni.t̪us]
Adjective
postrēmōgenitus (feminine postrēmōgenita, neuter postrēmōgenitum); first/second-declension adjective
- last-born
- 1615, Carolus de la Sauſſaye, Annales Eccleſiae Aurelianenſis, page 488:
- Genuerat primum ex ea filium vnum, & filias duas, primogenitam Flandrinam, poſtremogenitam hanc Mathæam.
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- 1630, Thomas Smith [aut.], [unknown tr.], De Republica Anglorum, page 326:
- Henricus I, VVilhelmi Conqueſtoris filius poſtremogenitus, regnum adiit anno à C. N. 1100.
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- ante 1701, Luc d’Achery and Jean Mabillon, Acta Sanctorum Ordinis S. Benedicti IV:ii (1738), page lxxxiii
- Carolus Craſſus Ludovici Tranſrhenani poſtremogenitus fraternam ditionem annis 5. obtinuit.
- 1734, Jean-Baptiste du Hamel, Theologia Speculatrix et Practica, I, page 212:
- Poſtremogenitum non factum ſic accipit, quod non ſit ipſum opificium iis quæ per ipſum facta ſunt ſimile.
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- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:postremogenitus.
Usage notes
- All forms except for the nominative masculine and neuter singular and accusative feminine singular are unattested.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
- English: postremogeniture