primarius
See also: Primarius
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From prīmus (“first”) + -ārius.
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /priːˈmaː.ri.us/, [pɾiːˈmäːɾiʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /priˈma.ri.us/, [pɾiˈmɑːɾius]
AdjectiveEdit
prīmārius (feminine prīmāria, neuter prīmārium); first/second-declension adjective
- One of the first, or first rank, chief, principal, excellent, remarkable.[1] It was used as the title of a position in universities.
DeclensionEdit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | prīmārius | prīmāria | prīmārium | prīmāriī | prīmāriae | prīmāria | |
| Genitive | prīmāriī | prīmāriae | prīmāriī | prīmāriōrum | prīmāriārum | prīmāriōrum | |
| Dative | prīmāriō | prīmāriō | prīmāriīs | ||||
| Accusative | prīmārium | prīmāriam | prīmārium | prīmāriōs | prīmāriās | prīmāria | |
| Ablative | prīmāriō | prīmāriā | prīmāriō | prīmāriīs | |||
| Vocative | prīmārie | prīmāria | prīmārium | prīmāriī | prīmāriae | prīmāria | |
SynonymsEdit
- (one of the first, principal): prīmās
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Catalan: primari
- → English: primary
- → French: primaire
- → Dutch: primair
- → Galician: primario
- Italian: primiero, → primaio, → primario
- Old French: premier
- Old Occitan: [Term?]
- Old Portuguese: primeiro
- → Portuguese: primário
- Romanian: primar
- Romansch: primar
- Sicilian: primariu
- Spanish: primero, → primario
ReferencesEdit
- primarius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- primarius in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
- primarius in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
- primarius in Ramminger, Johann, Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016, retrieved 16 July 2016