primiero
See also: Primiero
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Semi-learned borrowing from Old French premier (“first”), from Classical Latin prīmārius (“of the first rank, chief, principal, excellent”). Doublet of primaio and primario
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
primiero (feminine primiera, masculine plural primieri, feminine plural primiere) (literary)
- first:
- earliest
- Synonym: primo
- 1810 [c. 8th century BCE], “Libro IV”, in Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade, translation of Ῑ̓λιάς (Īliás, Iliad) by Homer (in Epic Greek), lines 284–289; republished as Iliade di Omero[1], 4th edition, Milan: Società tipografica dei classici italiani, 1825:
- […] chi primiero
L’accordo vïolò, pasto vedrassi
Di voraci avoltoi […]- [original: ἀλλ’ οἵ περ πρότεροι ὑπὲρ ὅρκια δηλήσαντο
τῶν ἤτοι αὐτῶν τέρενα χρόα γῦπες ἔδονται […]] - all’ hoí per próteroi hupèr hórkia dēlḗsanto
tôn ḗtoi autôn térena khróa gûpes édontai […]
- all’ hoí per próteroi hupèr hórkia dēlḗsanto
- […] the first ones to break the agreement will find themselves [being a] meal for voracious vultures […]
- [original: ἀλλ’ οἵ περ πρότεροι ὑπὲρ ὅρκια δηλήσαντο
- most valued
- most important
- earliest
- juvenile (of age)
- primitive, original
- main, prime, principal
Adverb edit
primiero
Noun edit
primiero m (plural primieri)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- primiero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana