Latin edit

Etymology edit

From prīmum (first) +‎ vēr (spring). Attested in Late Latin glosses and in the fourth-century Mulomedicina Chironis in the ablative form prīmō vēre.

Noun edit

prīmum vēr n (genitive prīmī vērī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) early spring

Declension edit

Second-declension adjective with a third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prīmum vēr prīma vēra
Genitive prīmī vēris prīmōrum vērum
Dative prīmō vērī prīmīs vēribus
Accusative prīmum vēr prīma vēra
Ablative prīmō vēre prīmīs vēribus
Vocative prīmum vēr prīma vēra

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Old French: primevoir, primevert
  • Old Occitan: primver

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