pristinus

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpriːs.ti.nus/, [ˈpriːs̠t̪ɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpris.ti.nus/, [ˈprist̪inus]

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

• → Catalan: pristí
• → Italian: pristino
• → Middle French: pristin
  • French: pristin
  • → English: pristine
• → Portuguese: pristino
• → Spanish: prístino

See also

• prīscus

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^[1], 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