primogenitura

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin prīmōgenitūra.

Noun

primogenitura f (plural primogeniture)

1. primogeniture

Related terms

• primogenito

Further reading

• primogenitura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Etymology

Formed from the Classical Latin roots prīmōgenitus (“first-born”) +‎ -ūra (suffix forming nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /priː.moː.ɡe.niˈtuː.ra/, [priːmoːɡɛnɪˈt̪uːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pri.mo.d͡ʒe.niˈtu.ra/, [primod͡ʒeniˈt̪uːrä]

Noun

prīmōgenitūra f (genitive prīmōgenitūrae); first declension

1. (Medieval 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

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prīmōgenitūra	prīmōgenitūrae
Genitive	prīmōgenitūrae	prīmōgenitūrārum
Dative	prīmōgenitūrae	prīmōgenitūrīs
Accusative	prīmōgenitūram	prīmōgenitūrās
Ablative	prīmōgenitūrā	prīmōgenitūrīs
Vocative	prīmōgenitūra	prīmōgenitūrae

Synonyms

• (primogeniture): prīmōgenita (Late Latin)

Descendants

• Catalan: primogenitura
• French: primogéniture
• Galician: primoxenitura
• Italian: primogenitura
• Portuguese: primogenitura
• Spanish: primogenitura

References

• primogenitura 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)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “primogenitura”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 849/1

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Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin prīmōgenitūra.

Noun

primogenitura f (uncountable)

1. primogeniture

Related terms

• primogénito

Further reading

• “primogenitura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014