adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
archetypus
archetypus (feminine archetypa, neuter archetypum)
Classical[arˈkʰɛ.ty.pʊs]Ecclesiastical[arˈkɛː.ti.pus]
Meaning
- adjectivearchetypical, original
Hic illi archetypus a creatore impressus est.
Here this original (pattern) was impressed by the creator.1611, Johannes Kepler, Strena seu De Niva Sexangula, page 10:
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | archetypus | archetypa | archetypum |
| genitive | archetypī | archetypae | archetypī |
| dative | archetypō | archetypae | archetypō |
| accusative | archetypum | archetypam | archetypum |
| ablative | archetypō | archetypā | archetypō |
| vocative | archetype | archetypa | archetypum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | archetypī | archetypae | archetypa |
| genitive | archetypōrum | archetypārum | archetypōrum |
| dative | archetypīs | archetypīs | archetypīs |
| accusative | archetypōs | archetypās | archetypa |
| ablative | archetypīs | archetypīs | archetypīs |
| vocative | archetypī | archetypae | archetypa |
archĕtўpus, a, um, adj., = ἀρχέτυπος,
I. that was first made, original (very rare):
archetypos servare Cleanthas, i. e. the original statues of Cleanthes, Juv. 2, 7. So Martial calls the original MSS. of his epigrams, archetypae nugae, 7, 11, and in jest, friends that cost nothing, archetypi amici, 12, 69.—Hence, subst.: archĕtў-pum, i, n., an original, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 8; so Plin. Ep. 5, 10; Macr. S. 7, 14.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
archetypus adj.
, ἀρχέτυπος, first made, original: Cleanthae, i. e. statues of Cleanthes, Iu.
Origins
From Ancient Greek ἀρχέτυπος (arkhétupos, “first-moulded”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “first, origin”) + τύπος (túpos, “sort, type, press”).