primogenita
Italian
Latin
Etymology 1
A substantivisation of the neuter plural forms of the Classical Latin adjective prīmōgenitus (“first-born”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /priː.moːˈɡe.ni.ta/, [priː.moːˈɡɛ.nɪ.ta]
Noun
prīmōgenita n pl (genitive prīmōgenitārum); second declension
- (Late Latin) primogeniture (inheritance by the first-born child of the entirety of, or of a privileged position in, a parent’s wealth, estate, or office)
Declension
Second declension.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | prīmōgenita |
Genitive | prīmōgenitōrum |
Dative | prīmōgenitīs |
Accusative | prīmōgenita |
Ablative | prīmōgenitīs |
Vocative | prīmōgenita |
Synonyms
- (primogeniture): prīmōgenitūra (Mediaeval Latin)
References
- prīmōgĕnĭta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- primogenita in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- prīmōgĕnĭtus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,237/2
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “primogenita (subst. neutr. plural.)”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 849/1
Etymology 2
Regularly declined forms of prīmōgenitus (“first-born”).
Pronunciation 1
- (Classical) IPA(key): /priː.moːˈɡe.ni.ta/, [priː.moːˈɡɛ.nɪ.ta]
Adjective
prīmōgenita
- nominative feminine singular of prīmōgenitus
- nominative neuter plural of prīmōgenitus
- accusative neuter plural of prīmōgenitus
- vocative feminine singular of prīmōgenitus
- vocative neuter plural of prīmōgenitus
Pronunciation 2
- (Classical) IPA(key): /priː.moːˈɡe.ni.taː/, [priː.moːˈɡɛ.nɪ.taː]
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