archetypus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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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Further reading

  • 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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