What does prīmōgenitālis mean in Latin?

prīmōgenitālis, a adjective, means “firstborn; primogenital; the first of all as to origin”.

How do you pronounce prīmōgenitālis?

In classical Latin, [priː.moː.ɡɛ.nɪˈtaː.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pri.mo.d͡ʒe.niˈtaː.lis].

adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

prīmōgenitālis (neuter prīmōgenitāle)

Classical[priː.moː.ɡɛ.nɪˈtaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[pri.mo.d͡ʒe.niˈtaː.lis]

EcclesiasticalLatintwo terminationfirstborn; primogenital
two terminationthe first of all as to origin; original; primeval
unde et Sabbatum dictum est ab hebdomade sedis suae et Ogdoada mater Achamoth ab argumento ogdoadis primigenitalis.Whence he had the additional name of Sabbatum from the hebdomadal nature of his abode; his mother Achamoth, too, had the title Ogdoada, after the precedent of the primeval Ogdoad.https://bkv.unifr.ch/en/works/cpl-16/versions/against-the-valentinians/divisions/21#fnref1:6818c. 3rd century, Tertullianus, chapter XX, in J[acques]-P[aul] Migne, editor, Adversus Valentinianos [Against the Valentinians], Latin edition, volume 2, quoted in Patrologiae cursus completus, Paris, published 1844, →OCLC, CPL 16, pages 523–594:

singular
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prīmōgenitālis	prīmōgenitālis	prīmōgenitāle
genitive	prīmōgenitālis	prīmōgenitālis	prīmōgenitālis
dative	prīmōgenitālī	prīmōgenitālī	prīmōgenitālī
accusative	prīmōgenitālem	prīmōgenitālem	prīmōgenitāle
ablative	prīmōgenitālī	prīmōgenitālī	prīmōgenitālī
vocative	prīmōgenitālis	prīmōgenitālis	prīmōgenitāle

plural
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prīmōgenitālēs	prīmōgenitālēs	prīmōgenitālia
genitive	prīmōgenitālium	prīmōgenitālium	prīmōgenitālium
dative	prīmōgenitālibus	prīmōgenitālibus	prīmōgenitālibus
accusative	prīmōgenitālīs prīmōgenitālēs	prīmōgenitālīs prīmōgenitālēs	prīmōgenitālia
ablative	prīmōgenitālibus	prīmōgenitālibus	prīmōgenitālibus
vocative	prīmōgenitālēs	prīmōgenitālēs	prīmōgenitālia

prīmōgĕnĭtālis, e, adj. primogenitus,

I. the first of all as to origin, original (eccl. Lat.), Tert. adv. Val. 20.

Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin prīmōgenitālis From prīmōgenitus (“first-born”) + -ālis.

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