privignus
Latin
Etymology
By surface analysis, prīvus + -gnus, literally “born separately”. The reflex -ignus instead of the expected *prīvognus is to be explained by analogy of bigno- (“twin”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /priːˈu̯iɡ.nus/, [priːˈu̯ɪŋnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /priˈviɲ.ɲus/, [priˈviɲːus]
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prīvignus | prīvignī |
| Genitive | prīvignī | prīvignōrum |
| Dative | prīvignō | prīvignīs |
| Accusative | prīvignum | prīvignōs |
| Ablative | prīvignō | prīvignīs |
| Vocative | prīvigne | prīvignī |
Related terms
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “gignō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 261
Further reading
- “privignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “privignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- privignus 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)
- privignus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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