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archetypus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἀρχέτυπος (arkhétupos, first-moulded), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, first, origin) +‎ τύπος (túpos, sort, type, press).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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archetypus (feminine archetypa, neuter archetypum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. archetypical, original
    • 1611, Johannes Kepler, Strena seu De Niva Sexangula, page 10:
      Hic illi archetypus a creatore impressus est.
      Here this original (pattern) was impressed by the creator.

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative archetypus archetypa archetypum archetypī archetypae archetypa
genitive archetypī archetypae archetypī archetypōrum archetypārum archetypōrum
dative archetypō archetypae archetypō archetypīs
accusative archetypum archetypam archetypum archetypōs archetypās archetypa
ablative archetypō archetypā archetypō archetypīs
vocative archetype archetypa archetypum archetypī archetypae archetypa

Further reading

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  • archetypus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • archetypus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • archetypus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • archetypus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016