primogenita

== Italian == === Noun === primogenita f (plural primogenite, masculine primogenito) eldest or firstborn daughter == Latin == === Etymology 1 === A substantivisation of the neuter plural forms of the Classical Latin adjective prīmōgenitus (“first-born”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [priː.moːˈɡɛ.nɪ.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pri.moˈd͡ʒɛː.ni.ta] ==== Noun ==== prīmōgenita n pl (genitive prīmōgenitōrum); second declension (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. ===== 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, 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.moːˈɡɛ.nɪ.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pri.moˈd͡ʒɛː.ni.ta] prīmōgenitā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [priː.moːˈɡɛ.nɪ.taː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pri.moˈd͡ʒɛː.ni.ta] ==== Adjective ==== prīmōgenita inflection of prīmōgenitus: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural ==== Adjective ==== prīmōgenitā ablative feminine singular of prīmōgenitus