pristinus
Latin
Etymology
For *priustinus, from prius + -tinus. First element is from Proto-Indo-European *per; second element from Proto-Indo-European *ten-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpriːs.ti.nus/, [ˈpriːs̠t̪ɪnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpris.ti.nus/, [ˈprist̪inus]
Adjective
prīstinus (feminine prīstina, neuter prīstinum); first/second-declension adjective
- former, old
- Synonyms: prīscus, senex, antīquus, vetus, vetustus
- Antonyms: novus, recēns
- early, original, primitive
- pristine
- previous
- traditional
- that has already existed for some time (i.e. not new), old.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | prīstinus | prīstina | prīstinum | prīstinī | prīstinae | prīstina | |
| Genitive | prīstinī | prīstinae | prīstinī | prīstinōrum | prīstinārum | prīstinōrum | |
| Dative | prīstinō | prīstinō | prīstinīs | ||||
| Accusative | prīstinum | prīstinam | prīstinum | prīstinōs | prīstinās | prīstina | |
| Ablative | prīstinō | prīstinā | prīstinō | prīstinīs | |||
| Vocative | prīstine | prīstina | prīstinum | prīstinī | prīstinae | prīstina | |
Descendants
- → Catalan: pristí
- → Italian: pristino
- → Middle French: pristin
- French: pristin
- → English: pristine
- → Portuguese: pristino
- → Spanish: prístino
See also
- prīscus
References
- “pristinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pristinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pristinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to restore a man to his former position: aliquem in antiquum statum, in pristinum restituere
- to live as scrupulously moral a life as ever: virtutem pristinam retinere
- to live as scrupulously moral a life as ever: nihil ex pristina virtute remittere
- to give up old customs: a pristina consuetudine deflectere
- to return to ancient usage: in pristinam consuetudinem revocare aliquid
- to restore the ancient constitution: rem publicam in pristinum statum restituere
- to restore a man to his former position: aliquem in antiquum statum, in pristinum restituere