priscus

Latin

Etymology

For *priuscus, from prior. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpriːs.kus/, [ˈpriːs.kʊs]

Adjective

prīscus (feminine prīsca, neuter prīscum); first/second declension

  1. former
  2. ancient
  3. old-fashioned

Declension

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative prīscus prīsca prīscum prīscī prīscae prīsca
Genitive prīscī prīscae prīscī prīscōrum prīscārum prīscōrum
Dative prīscō prīscae prīscō prīscīs prīscīs prīscīs
Accusative prīscum prīscam prīscum prīscōs prīscās prīsca
Ablative prīscō prīscā prīscō prīscīs prīscīs prīscīs
Vocative prīsce prīsca prīscum prīscī prīscae prīsca

Antonyms

Derived terms
  • Prīsca Latīna
  • Prīsca Latīnitās

Descendants

See also

References
  • priscus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • priscus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • priscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to go back to the remote ages: repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibus
    • obsolete, ambiguous expressions: prisca, obsoleta (opp. usitata), ambigua verba
  • priscus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • priscus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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