porphyrogenitus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin porphyrogenitus.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔːfɪɹəˈdʒɛnɪtəs/

porphyrogenitus (plural porphyrogeniti)

1. Alternative form of porphyrogenite.

• Porphyrogenitus

Partial calque of Ancient Greek πορφυρογέννητος (porphurogénnētos).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /por.pʰy.roˈɡe.ni.tus/, [pɔrpʰʏrɔˈɡɛnɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /por.fi.roˈd͡ʒe.ni.tus/, [porfiroˈd͡ʒɛːnit̪us]

porphyrogenitus (feminine porphyrogenita, neuter porphyrogenitum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Medieval Latin) born to the purple, porphyrogenite

First/second-declension adjective.

• porphyrogenitus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “porphyrogenitus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC