permagnus

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ magnus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

permagnus (feminine permagna, neuter permagnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. very great
  2. very large

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative permagnus permagna permagnum permagnī permagnae permagna
Genitive permagnī permagnae permagnī permagnōrum permagnārum permagnōrum
Dative permagnō permagnō permagnīs
Accusative permagnum permagnam permagnum permagnōs permagnās permagna
Ablative permagnō permagnā permagnō permagnīs
Vocative permagne permagna permagnum permagnī permagnae permagna

Descendants
  • Old French: parmein, peremain, parmain, pormain (“type of pear”)
    • Middle French: permain
      • ⇒ French: poire de parmain, poire de parmein, poire de parmin, parmain royal (northern, obsolete)
    • Norman: permaine (f.)

References
  • “permagnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “permagnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • permagnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • permagnus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “magnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 50
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