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pristinus
pristinus
Latin
Adjective
prīstinus m (feminine prīstina, neuter prīstinum); first/second declension
- former, early, original, primitive
- pristine
- previous
- traditional
- that has already existed for some time (i.e. not new), old.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| 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
See also
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pristinus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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