"primogenitus" meaning in Latin

See primogenitus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [priː.moːˈɡɛ.nɪ.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [pri.moˈd͡ʒɛː.ni.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Compound of prīmus (“first”) + genitus (“begotten”), calqued after the Ancient Greek πρωτότοκος (prōtótokos, “first-born”). Etymology templates: {{compound|la|prīmus|genitus|t1=first|t2=begotten}} prīmus (“first”) + genitus (“begotten”), {{cal|la|grc|πρωτότοκος||first-born|notext=1}} Ancient Greek πρωτότοκος (prōtótokos, “first-born”) Head templates: {{la-adj|prīmōgenitus}} prīmōgenitus (feminine prīmōgenita, neuter prīmōgenitum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|prīmōgenitus}} Forms: prīmōgenitus [canonical], prīmōgenita [feminine], prīmōgenitum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], prīmōgenitus [masculine, nominative, singular], prīmōgenita [feminine, nominative, singular], prīmōgenitum [neuter, nominative, singular], prīmōgenitī [masculine, nominative, plural], prīmōgenitae [feminine, nominative, plural], prīmōgenita [neuter, nominative, plural], prīmōgenitī [genitive, masculine, singular], prīmōgenitae [feminine, genitive, singular], prīmōgenitī [genitive, neuter, singular], prīmōgenitōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], prīmōgenitārum [feminine, genitive, plural], prīmōgenitōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], prīmōgenitō [dative, masculine, singular], prīmōgenitae [dative, feminine, singular], prīmōgenitō [dative, neuter, singular], prīmōgenitīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], prīmōgenitum [accusative, masculine, singular], prīmōgenitam [accusative, feminine, singular], prīmōgenitum [accusative, neuter, singular], prīmōgenitōs [accusative, masculine, plural], prīmōgenitās [accusative, feminine, plural], prīmōgenita [accusative, neuter, plural], prīmōgenitō [ablative, masculine, singular], prīmōgenitā [ablative, feminine, singular], prīmōgenitō [ablative, neuter, singular], prīmōgenitīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], prīmōgenite [masculine, singular, vocative], prīmōgenita [feminine, singular, vocative], prīmōgenitum [neuter, singular, vocative], prīmōgenitī [masculine, plural, vocative], prīmōgenitae [feminine, plural, vocative], prīmōgenita [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. (post-Augustan) first-born Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, post-Augustan Synonyms (first-born): prīmōgenitālis [Ecclesiastical, Latin] Derived forms: prīmōgenita [Late-Latin], prīmōgenitālis [Ecclesiastical, Latin], prīmōgenitīvus, prīmōgenitūra [Medieval-Latin]
    Sense id: en-primogenitus-la-adj-4BkYzqVM Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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        "1": "prīmōgenitus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 5-syllable words",
        "Latin adjectives",
        "Latin compound terms",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms calqued from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first-born"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "first-born",
          "firstborn#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(post-Augustan) first-born"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "post-Augustan"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[priː.moːˈɡɛ.nɪ.tʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pri.moˈd͡ʒɛː.ni.tus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "first-born",
      "tags": [
        "Ecclesiastical",
        "Latin"
      ],
      "word": "prīmōgenitālis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "primogenitus"
}

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