porphyrogenitus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin porphyrogenitus.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔːfɪɹəˈdʒɛnɪtəs/

porphyrogenitus (plural porphyrogeniti)

1. Alternative form of porphyrogenite.

• Porphyrogenitus

Partial calque of Ancient Greek πορφυρογέννητος (porphurogénnētos).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɔr.pʰy.rɔˈɡɛ.nɪ.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [por.fi.roˈd͡ʒɛː.ni.t̪us]

porphyrogenitus (feminine porphyrogenita, neuter porphyrogenitum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Medieval Latin) born to the purple, porphyrogenite

First/second-declension adjective.

• "porphyrogenitus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “porphyrogenitus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC