primogenita

See also: primogénita, primogènita, and primogênita

Italian

Noun

primogenita f (plural primogenite, masculine primogenito)

1. Eldest or firstborn daughter

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Latin

Etymology 1

A substantivisation of the neuter plural forms of the Classical Latin adjective prīmōgenitus (“first-born”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /priː.moːˈɡe.ni.ta/, [priːmoːˈɡɛnɪt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pri.moˈd͡ʒe.ni.ta/, [primoˈd͡ʒɛːnit̪ä]

Noun

prīmōgenita n pl (genitive prīmōgenitōrum); second declension

1. (Late Latin) primogeniture (inheritance by the first-born child of the entirety of, or of a privileged position in, a parent’s wealth, estate, or office)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	prīmōgenita
Genitive	prīmōgenitōrum
Dative	prīmōgenitīs
Accusative	prīmōgenita
Ablative	prīmōgenitīs
Vocative	prīmōgenita

Synonyms

• (primogeniture): prīmōgenitūra (Mediaeval Latin)

References

• “prīmōgĕnĭta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• primogenita 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)
• prīmōgĕnĭtus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,237/2.
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “primogenita (subst. neutr. plural.)”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 849/1

Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of prīmōgenitus (“first-born”).

Pronunciation

• prīmōgenita: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /priː.moːˈɡe.ni.ta/, [priːmoːˈɡɛnɪt̪ä]
• prīmōgenita: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pri.moˈd͡ʒe.ni.ta/, [primoˈd͡ʒɛːnit̪ä]
• prīmōgenitā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /priː.moːˈɡe.ni.taː/, [priːmoːˈɡɛnɪt̪äː]
• prīmōgenitā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pri.moˈd͡ʒe.ni.ta/, [primoˈd͡ʒɛːnit̪ä]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) prīmōgenita

1. nominative feminine singular of prīmōgenitus
2. nominative neuter plural of prīmōgenitus
3. accusative neuter plural of prīmōgenitus
4. vocative feminine singular of prīmōgenitus
5. vocative neuter plural of prīmōgenitus

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) prīmōgenitā

1. ablative feminine singular of prīmōgenitus