pristinus

From unattested *prīs, zero-grade-suffix variant of prius (compare magis, maius), and -tinus. First element is from Proto-Indo-European *per; second element from Proto-Indo-European *ten-.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpriːs.ti.nus/, [ˈpriːs̠t̪ɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpris.ti.nus/, [ˈprist̪inus]

prīstinus (feminine prīstina, neuter prīstinum); first/second-declension adjective

1. former, old

   Synonyms: prīscus, senex, antīquus, vetus, vetustus

   Antonyms: novus, recēns

2. early, original, primitive
3. pristine
4. previous
5. traditional
6. that has already existed for some time (i.e. not new), old.

First/second-declension adjective.

• prīscus

• “pristinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pristinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pristinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to restore a man to his former position: aliquem in antiquum statum, in pristinum restituere
    
  • to live as scrupulously moral a life as ever: virtutem pristinam retinere
    
  • to live as scrupulously moral a life as ever: nihil ex pristina virtute remittere
    
  • to give up old customs: a pristina consuetudine deflectere
    
  • to return to ancient usage: in pristinam consuetudinem revocare aliquid
    
  • to restore the ancient constitution: rem publicam in pristinum statum restituere
    
• Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “prīstinus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 363
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “prior”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 489