postremogenitus

postremogenitus

Latin

FWOTD – 1 August 2013

Etymology

postrēmus (“[person who is] last”) +‎ genitus (“begotten”); compare prīmōgenitus (“first-born”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pos.treː.moːˈɡe.ni.tus/, [pɔs.treː.moːˈɡɛ.nɪ.tʊs]

Adjective

postrēmōgenitus (feminine postrēmōgenita, neuter postrēmōgenitum); first/second declension

1. last-born
   • 1615, Carolus de la Sauſſaye, Annales Eccleſiae Aurelianenſis, page 488

     Genuerat primum ex ea filium vnum, & filias duas, primogenitam Flandrinam, poſtremogenitam hanc Mathæam.

   • 1630, Thomas Smith [aut.] and [unknown tr.], De Republica Anglorum, page 326

     Henricus I, VVilhelmi Conqueſtoris filius poſtremogenitus, regnum adiit anno à C. N. 1100.

   • ante 1701, Luc d’Achery and Jean Mabillon, Acta Sanctorum Ordinis S. Benedicti IV:ii (1738), page lxxxiii

     Carolus Craſſus Ludovici Tranſrhenani poſtremogenitus fraternam ditionem annis 5. obtinuit.

   • 1734, Jean-Baptiste du Hamel, Theologia Speculatrix et Practica I, page 212

     Poſtremogenitum non factum ſic accipit, quod non ſit ipſum opificium iis quæ per ipſum facta ſunt ſimile.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:postremogenitus.

Usage notes

• All forms except for the nominative masculine and neuter singular and accusative feminine singular are unattested.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	postrēmōgenitus	postrēmōgenita	postrēmōgenitum		postrēmōgenitī	postrēmōgenitae	postrēmōgenita
Genitive	postrēmōgenitī	postrēmōgenitae	postrēmōgenitī		postrēmōgenitōrum	postrēmōgenitārum	postrēmōgenitōrum
Dative	postrēmōgenitō	postrēmōgenitae	postrēmōgenitō		postrēmōgenitīs	postrēmōgenitīs	postrēmōgenitīs
Accusative	postrēmōgenitum	postrēmōgenitam	postrēmōgenitum		postrēmōgenitōs	postrēmōgenitās	postrēmōgenita
Ablative	postrēmōgenitō	postrēmōgenitā	postrēmōgenitō		postrēmōgenitīs	postrēmōgenitīs	postrēmōgenitīs
Vocative	postrēmōgenite	postrēmōgenita	postrēmōgenitum		postrēmōgenitī	postrēmōgenitae	postrēmōgenita

Descendants

• English: postremogeniture