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Latin
Etymology
From peregrē (“abroad”) + -īnus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
peregrīnus (feminine peregrīna, neuter peregrīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- foreign, alien
- Synonyms: aliēnigena, alienus, advena
- exotic
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Noun
peregrīnus m (genitive peregrīnī); second declension
- foreigner; traveler
- (law) a foreigner who is neither resident nor domiciled in the jurisdiction of the court
- pilgrim
- wanderer
Declension
Second-declension noun.
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References
- “peregrinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “peregrinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- peregrinus 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)
- peregrinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “peregrinus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- peregrinus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “peregrinus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin