primoris
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From prīmus (“first”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /priːˈmoː.ris/, [priːˈmoːrɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /priˈmo.ris/, [priˈmɔːris]
Adjective
[edit]primoris (genitive prīmōris); third-declension two-termination adjective
Usage notes
[edit]Not attested in the nominative singular or in the neuter in Classical Latin.[1] A nominative singular form prīmor is attested in Medieval Latin.[2]
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | masc./fem. | ||
| nominative | — | prīmōrēs | |
| genitive | prīmōris | prīmōrum | |
| dative | prīmōrī | prīmōribus | |
| accusative | prīmōrem | prīmōrēs prīmōrīs | |
| ablative | prīmōrī primōre |
prīmōribus | |
| vocative | prīmōris | prīmōrēs |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karl Gottlob Zumpt (1853) Leonhard Schmitz, Charles Anthon, transl., A Grammar of the Latin Language, 3rd edition, page 87
- ^ R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “primoris”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
Further reading
[edit]- “primoris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “primoris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- primoris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], 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
- the aristocracy (as a leading class in government): principes or primores
- to have a superficial knowledge, a smattering of literature, of the sciences: primis (ut dicitur) or primoribus labris gustare or attingere litteras