priscus
Latin
Etymology
Supposed to have been earlier *priuscus, from prior, q.v. Equivalent to prius + -cus; ultimately composed of Proto-Indo-European *pre- + *-yōs + *-kos.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpriːs.kus/, [ˈpriːs̠kʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpris.kus/, [ˈpriskus]
Adjective
prīscus (feminine prīsca, neuter prīscum); first/second-declension adjective
- former
- Synonyms: prīstinus, senex, vetus
- Antonym: novus
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.197-198:
- plūrīs opēs nunc sunt quam prīscī temporis annīs,
dum populus pauper, dum nova Rōma fuit, [...]- Now wealth is more valued than it was in years of former times,
when the nation was poor, when Rome was new, [...]
- Now wealth is more valued than it was in years of former times,
- plūrīs opēs nunc sunt quam prīscī temporis annīs,
- ancient
- Synonyms: antīquus, longinquus, vetustus
- Antonym: recēns
- old-fashioned
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | prīscus | prīsca | prīscum | prīscī | prīscae | prīsca | |
| Genitive | prīscī | prīscae | prīscī | prīscōrum | prīscārum | prīscōrum | |
| Dative | prīscō | prīscō | prīscīs | ||||
| Accusative | prīscum | prīscam | prīscum | prīscōs | prīscās | prīsca | |
| Ablative | prīscō | prīscā | prīscō | prīscīs | |||
| Vocative | prīsce | prīsca | prīscum | prīscī | prīscae | prīsca | |
Derived terms
- Prīsca Latīna
- Prīsca Latīnitās
Descendants
- Italian: prisco
- Portuguese: prisco
See also
- prīstinus
References
- “priscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “priscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- priscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to go back to the remote ages: repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibus
- obsolete, ambiguous expressions: prisca, obsoleta (opp. usitata), ambigua verba
- to go back to the remote ages: repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibus
- “priscus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “priscus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray