Latin

Adjective

peregrīnus m ‎(feminine peregrīna, neuter peregrīnum); first/second declension

1. foreign, alien
2. exotic

Inflection

First/second declension.

Noun

peregrīnus m ‎(genitive peregrīnī); second declension

1. foreigner; traveler

Inflection

Second declension.

Usage notes

In (law) it is still used to mean a foreigner who is neither resident nor domiciled in the jurisdiction of the court.

Descendants

Related terms

• peregrinor

References

• peregrinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• peregrinus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PEREGRINUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “peregrinus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• peregrinus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• peregrinus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• peregrinus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin