Latin

Adjective

prīmōgenitālis m, f ‎(neuter prīmōgenitāle); third declension

(Ecclesiastical Latin)

1. first-born
2. the first of all as to origin, original

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Declension

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (first-born): prīmōgenitus (post-Augustan but Classical)

Derived terms

• prīmōgenitālia

Descendants

• English: primogenital

References

• prīmōgĕnĭtālis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• PRIMOGENITALIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “prīmōgĕnĭtālis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,237/2.