primogenitalis

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Latin

Etymology

prīmōgenitus (first-born) +‎ -ālis

Pronunciation

Adjective

prīmōgenitālis (neuter prīmōgenitāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

(Ecclesiastical Latin)
  1. firstborn; primogenital
  2. the first of all as to origin; original; primeval
    • c. 3rd century, Tertullianus, chapter XX, in J-P Migne, editor, Adversus Valentinianos [Against the Valentinians]‎, Latin edition, volume 2, quoted in Patrologiae cursus completus, Paris, published 1844, →OCLC, CPL 16, pages 523–594:
      unde et Sabbatum dictum est ab hebdomade sedis suae et Ogdoada mater Achamoth ab argumento ogdoadis primigenitalis.
      Whence he had the additional name of Sabbatum from the hebdomadal nature of his abode; his mother Achamoth, too, had the title Ogdoada, after the precedent of the primeval Ogdoad.

Declension

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

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Descendants

  • English: primogenital

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