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.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative permagnus permagna permagnum permagnī permagnae permagna
genitive permagnī permagnae permagnī permagnōrum permagnārum permagnōrum
dative permagnō permagnae 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.)
  • → Italian: permagno, permagnio

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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “magnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 50
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