primus
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin prīmus (“[the] first”); related to prior, the comparative form. Partially cognate to foremost, from Proto-Indo-European [Term?].
Pronunciation
editNoun
editprimus (plural primuses)
- One of the bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority.
- 1884, Gonzalo Canilla, speech at the Centenary of the consecration of Samuel Seabury
- my own grandfather, some time Bishop of Edinburgh, among its Primuses
- 1884, Gonzalo Canilla, speech at the Centenary of the consecration of Samuel Seabury
See also
editReferences
edit“primus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editLatin
edit10 | ||||
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Cardinal: ūnus Ordinal: prīmus Adverbial: semel Proportional: simplus Multiplier: simplex Distributive: singulus Collective: ūniō Fractional: integer |
Etymology
editFrom earlier prīsmos, from Proto-Italic *priisemos, a superlative form of the obsolete preposition *pri ~ *prei, related to prae (“before”) (see -issimus for the superlative), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before”). Compare prior (“earlier, in front”), the corresponding comparative. Cognate of Oscan promom, Umbrian promom (“first”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpriː.mus/, [ˈpriːmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpri.mus/, [ˈpriːmus]
Adjective
editprīmus (feminine prīma, neuter prīmum, adverb prīmō); first/second-declension adjective
- first, early
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.2–4:
- […] dī, coeptīs (nam vōs mūtāstis et illa)
adspīrāte meīs prīmāque ab orīgine mundī
ad mea perpetuum dēdūcite tempora carmen!- O gods, favor my undertakings (for you have changed them too), and lead my uninterrupted song down from the first origin of the world to my times!
- […] dī, coeptīs (nam vōs mūtāstis et illa)
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | prīmus | prīma | prīmum | prīmī | prīmae | prīma | |
Genitive | prīmī | prīmae | prīmī | prīmōrum | prīmārum | prīmōrum | |
Dative | prīmō | prīmō | prīmīs | ||||
Accusative | prīmum | prīmam | prīmum | prīmōs | prīmās | prīma | |
Ablative | prīmō | prīmā | prīmō | prīmīs | |||
Vocative | prīme | prīma | prīmum | prīmī | prīmae | prīma |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editDescendants which mean "cousin" derive from the ellipsis of cōnsobrīnus prīmus (“first cousin”)
- Balkan Romance:
- Romanian: prim
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Borrowings:
See also
edit- prima materia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Primum Mobile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- primum movens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- primum non nocere on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
edit- “primus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “primus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- primus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- primus 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
- to receive the first elements of a liberal education: primis litterarum elementis imbui
- the actor who plays the leading part: actor primarum (secundarum, tertiarum) partium
- to give the palm, the first place (for wisdom) to some one: primas (e.g. sapientiae) alicui deferre, tribuere, concedere
- (ambiguous) at the first opportunity: primo quoque tempore
- (ambiguous) at the beginning of spring: ineunte, primo vere
- (ambiguous) we start by presupposing that..: positum est a nobis primum (c. Acc. c. Inf.)
- (ambiguous) to be considered the foremost orator: primum or principem inter oratores locum obtinere
- (ambiguous) to occupy the first, second position in the state: principem (primum), secundum locum dignitatis obtinere
- (ambiguous) the vanguard: agmen primum
- to have a superficial knowledge, a smattering of literature, of the sciences: primis (ut dicitur) or primoribus labris gustare or attingere litteras
- “primus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- primus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “primus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 488
Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editprimus n (plural primusuri)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) primus | primusul | (niște) primusuri | primusurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) primus | primusului | (unor) primusuri | primusurilor |
vocative | primusule | primusurilor |
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