primoris

Latin

Etymology

    From prīmus (“first”).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    prīmōris (genitive prīmōris); third-declension two-termination adjective

    1. first, foremost, closest to the front
    2. earliest
    3. chief, principal

    Usage notes

    Not attested in the nominative singular or in the neuter in Classical Latin.[1] A nominative singular form prīmor is attested in Medieval Latin.[2]

    Declension

    Third-declension two-termination adjective.

    singular plural
    masc./fem. masc./fem.
    nominative — prīmōrēs
    genitive prīmōris prīmōrum
    dative prīmōrī prīmōribus
    accusative prīmōrem prīmōrīs
    prīmōrēs
    ablative prīmōrī
    primōre     		prīmōribus
    vocative prīmōris prīmōrēs

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ Karl Gottlob Zumpt (1853), Leonhard Schmitz, Charles Anthon, transl., A Grammar of the Latin Language, 3rd edition, page 87
    2. ^ R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “primoris”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

    Further reading

    • “primoris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “primoris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “primoris”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to have a superficial knowledge, a smattering of literature, of the sciences: primis (ut dicitur) or primoribus labris gustare or attingere litteras
      • the aristocracy (as a leading class in government): principes or primores
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