Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *preiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“in front”), with semantic shift "(being) in front" > "being separate".[1] Compare prior, prīmus, prīscus, prīstinus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpriː.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpriː.vus]
Adjective
[edit]prīvus (feminine prīva, neuter prīvum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | prīvus | prīva | prīvum | prīvī | prīvae | prīva |
| genitive | prīvī | prīvae | prīvī | prīvōrum | prīvārum | prīvōrum |
| dative | prīvō | prīvae | prīvō | prīvīs | ||
| accusative | prīvum | prīvam | prīvum | prīvōs | prīvās | prīva |
| ablative | prīvō | prīvā | prīvō | prīvīs | ||
| vocative | prīve | prīva | prīvum | prīvī | prīvae | prīva |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Italian: privo
References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “prīvus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 489
Further reading
[edit]- “privus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “privus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "privus", 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)
- “privus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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