primigenus
Latin
Etymology
Compound of prīmus (“first”) + genus (“begotten”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [priːˈmɪ.ɡɛ.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [priˈmiː.d͡ʒe.nus]
Adjective
prīmigenus (feminine prīmigena, neuter prīmigenum); first/second-declension adjective
- original
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | prīmigenus | prīmigena | prīmigenum | prīmigenī | prīmigenae | prīmigena | |
| genitive | prīmigenī | prīmigenae | prīmigenī | prīmigenōrum | prīmigenārum | prīmigenōrum | |
| dative | prīmigenō | prīmigenae | prīmigenō | prīmigenīs | |||
| accusative | prīmigenum | prīmigenam | prīmigenum | prīmigenōs | prīmigenās | prīmigena | |
| ablative | prīmigenō | prīmigenā | prīmigenō | prīmigenīs | |||
| vocative | prīmigene | prīmigena | prīmigenum | prīmigenī | prīmigenae | prīmigena | |
References
- “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.