primogenitus

== Latin == === Etymology === Compound of prīmus (“first”) +‎ genitus (“begotten”), calqued after the Ancient Greek πρωτότοκος (prōtótokos, “first-born”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [priː.moːˈɡɛ.nɪ.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pri.moˈd͡ʒɛː.ni.tus] === Adjective === prīmōgenitus (feminine prīmōgenita, neuter prīmōgenitum); first/second-declension adjective (post-Augustan) first-born ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== (first-born): (Ecclesiastical Latin) prīmōgenitālis ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: primogènit English: primogenit, primogenitary Galician: primoxénito Italian: primogenito Middle French: primogenit Portuguese: primogênito Spanish: primogénito === References === “prīmōgĕnĭtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “prīmōgĕnĭtus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,237/2.