primogenitalis
Latin
Etymology
prīmōgenitus (“first-born”) + -ālis
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /priː.moː.ɡe.niˈtaː.lis/, [priː.moː.ɡɛ.nɪˈtaː.lɪs]
Adjective
prīmōgenitālis (neuter prīmōgenitāle); third declension
- first-born
- the first of all as to origin, original
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Tertullian to this entry?)
Declension
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | prīmōgenitālis | prīmōgenitāle | prīmōgenitālēs | prīmōgenitālia | |
| Genitive | prīmōgenitālis | prīmōgenitālis | prīmōgenitālium | prīmōgenitālium | |
| Dative | prīmōgenitālī | prīmōgenitālī | prīmōgenitālibus | prīmōgenitālibus | |
| Accusative | prīmōgenitālem | prīmōgenitāle | prīmōgenitālēs, prīmōgenitālīs | prīmōgenitālia | |
| Ablative | prīmōgenitālī | prīmōgenitālī | prīmōgenitālibus | prīmōgenitālibus | |
| Vocative | prīmōgenitālis | prīmōgenitāle | prīmōgenitālēs | prīmōgenitālia | |
Synonyms
- (first-born): prīmōgenitus (post-Augustan but Classical)
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: primogenital
References
- 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, 1883–1887)
- prīmōgĕnĭtālis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,237/2
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