1:o

Swedish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin, abbreviation of primo ōrdine (“first order, first rank”).

Pronounciation

• för det första (literally “for the first”)

Adverb

1:o (not comparable)

1. (archaic) 1stly; used to enumerate the first item in a list; short for för det första (“firstly”).
   • 1925 [1786 October 24], Samuel Ödmann, edited by Henning Wijkmark, Samuel Ödmanns skrifter och brev‎^[1], page 94:

     Min högtärade Käraste Broder! Frågas ödmjukt
     1:o Om min Bror har någon Theorie om de så kallade Poma Sodomitica? Hvad Hasselquist tänker vet jag, neml. att de göras af en Tenthredo.
     2:o Om Delphini i Indiske hafven, dem Bror vel sedt, synas skifta på blått till färgen, när de tumla i böljan?

     My dear dearest brother! I humbly ask
     1stly If my brother has any theory about the so-called Poma Sodomitica? I know what Hasselquist is thinking, viz. that they are made by a Tenthredo.
     2ndly If the dolphins in the Indian Ocean, those brother well seen, seem to shift to blue in color when they tumble in the waves?

Coordinate terms

• 1:o, 2:o, 3:o, 4:o, 5:o, 6:o, 7:o, 8:o, 9:o, 10:o, 11:o, 12:o, 13:o, 14:o, 15:o, 16:o, 17:o, 18:o, 19:o, 20:o