pristinus
Latin
Etymology
For *priustinus, from prius + -tinus. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) 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
- former, early, original, primitive
- pristine
- previous
- traditional
- that has already existed for some time (i.e. not new), old.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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
- → Portuguese: pristino
- → Spanish: prístino
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[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
- to restore a man to his former position: aliquem in antiquum statum, in pristinum restituere