priscus

Latin

Etymology

Supposed to have been earlier *priuscus, from prior, q.v. Equivalent to prius + -cus; ultimately composed of Proto-Indo-European *pre- + *-yōs + *-kos.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

prīscus (feminine prīsca, neuter prīscum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. former
    Synonyms: prīstinus, senex, vetus
    Antonym: novus
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.197–198:
      plūrīs opēs nunc sunt quam prīscī temporis annīs,
      dum populus pauper, dum nova Rōma fuit, [...]
      Now wealth is more valued than it was in years of former times,
      when the nation was poor, when Rome was new, [...]
  2. ancient
    Synonyms: antīquus, longinquus, vetustus
    Antonym: recēns
  3. old-fashioned

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative prīscus prīsca prīscum prīscī prīscae prīsca
Genitive prīscī prīscae prīscī prīscōrum prīscārum prīscōrum
Dative prīscō prīscō prīscīs
Accusative prīscum prīscam prīscum prīscōs prīscās prīsca
Ablative prīscō prīscā prīscō prīscīs
Vocative prīsce prīsca prīscum prīscī prīscae prīsca

Derived terms

  • Prīsca Latīna
  • Prīsca Latīnitās

Descendants

  • Italian: prisco
  • Portuguese: prisco

See also

References

  • priscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • priscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • priscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to go back to the remote ages: repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibus
    • obsolete, ambiguous expressions: prisca, obsoleta (opp. usitata), ambigua verba
  • priscus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • priscus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 489
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