pristinus

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Latin

Etymology

From unattested *prīs, zero-grade-suffix variant of prius (compare magis, maius), and -tinus. First element is from Proto-Indo-European *per; second element from Proto-Indo-European *ten-.

Pronunciation

Adjective

prīstinus (feminine prīstina, neuter prīstinum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. former, old
    Synonyms: prīscus, senex, antīquus, vetus, vetustus
    Antonyms: novus, recēns
  2. early, original, primitive
  3. pristine
  4. previous
  5. traditional
  6. that has already existed for some time (i.e. not new), old.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative prīstinus prīstina prīstinum prīstinī prīstinae prīstina
Genitive prīstinī prīstinae prīstinī prīstinōrum prīstinārum prīstinōrum
Dative prīstinō prīstinō prīstinīs
Accusative prīstinum prīstinam prīstinum prīstinōs prīstinās prīstina
Ablative prīstinō prīstinā prīstinō prīstinīs
Vocative prīstine prīstina prīstinum prīstinī prīstinae prīstina

Descendants

See also

References

  • “pristinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pristinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pristinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to restore a man to his former position: aliquem in antiquum statum, in pristinum restituere
    • to live as scrupulously moral a life as ever: virtutem pristinam retinere
    • to live as scrupulously moral a life as ever: nihil ex pristina virtute remittere
    • to give up old customs: a pristina consuetudine deflectere
    • to return to ancient usage: in pristinam consuetudinem revocare aliquid
    • to restore the ancient constitution: rem publicam in pristinum statum restituere
  • Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “prīstinus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 363
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “prior”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 489
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