primogenitalis
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]prīmōgenitus (“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
[edit]prīmōgenitālis (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
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]Descendants
[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.