primogenitus

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Latin

Etymology

Compound of prīmus (first) +‎ genitus (begotten), calqued after the Ancient Greek πρωτότοκος (prōtótokos, first-born).

Pronunciation

Adjective

prīmōgenitus (feminine prīmōgenita, neuter prīmōgenitum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (post-Augustan) first-born

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative prīmōgenitus prīmōgenita prīmōgenitum prīmōgenitī prīmōgenitae prīmōgenita
genitive prīmōgenitī prīmōgenitae prīmōgenitī prīmōgenitōrum prīmōgenitārum prīmōgenitōrum
dative prīmōgenitō prīmōgenitae prīmōgenitō prīmōgenitīs
accusative prīmōgenitum prīmōgenitam prīmōgenitum prīmōgenitōs prīmōgenitās prīmōgenita
ablative prīmōgenitō prīmōgenitā prīmōgenitō prīmōgenitīs
vocative prīmōgenite prīmōgenita prīmōgenitum prīmōgenitī prīmōgenitae prīmōgenita

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