primoris
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From prīmus (“first”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /priːˈmoː.ris/, [priːˈmoːrɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /priˈmo.ris/, [priˈmɔːris]
Adjective edit
prīmōris (neuter prīmōre); third-declension two-termination adjective
Usage notes edit
The nominative singular forms are unattested in Classical Latin.
Declension edit
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | prīmōris | prīmōre | prīmōrēs | prīmōria | |
| Genitive | prīmōris | prīmōrium | |||
| Dative | prīmōrī | prīmōribus | |||
| Accusative | prīmōrem | prīmōre | prīmōrēs prīmōrīs |
prīmōria | |
| Ablative | prīmōrī | prīmōribus | |||
| Vocative | prīmōris | prīmōre | prīmōrēs | prīmōria | |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “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[1], 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
- to have a superficial knowledge, a smattering of literature, of the sciences: primis (ut dicitur) or primoribus labris gustare or attingere litteras