primaevus

== Latin == === Etymology === Derived from prīmus (“first”) +‎ aevum (“age”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [priːˈmae̯.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [priˈmɛː.vus] === Adjective === prīmaevus (feminine prīmaeva, neuter prīmaevum); first/second-declension adjective primeval ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== → English: primevous → Italian: primevo → Portuguese: primevo === References === “primaevus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “primaevus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.