primicerius
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Latin
Etymology
prīmus (“first”) + cēra (“wax”) + -ius, i.e. one whose name is written first on a wax tablet
Noun
prīmicērius m (genitive prīmicēriī); second declension
- (post-Classical) head of an administrative or military department, chief
- 449, Gesta Synodi Ephesenae [Acts of the Second Council of Ephesus], published 1932, section 66:
- Idem Iohannes presbyter et primicerius notariorum reliqua gestorum legit.
- The same John, presbyter and chief notary, read the remainder of the acts.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prīmicērius | prīmicēriī |
| Genitive | prīmicēriī | prīmicēriōrum |
| Dative | prīmicēriō | prīmicēriīs |
| Accusative | prīmicērium | prīmicēriōs |
| Ablative | prīmicēriō | prīmicēriīs |
| Vocative | prīmicērie | prīmicēriī |
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: primicer
- French: primicier, primicère
- Italian: primicerio
- Portuguese: primicério
- → Byzantine Greek: πριμικήριος (primikḗrios)
- → Maltese: perċimes
References
- “primicerius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- primicerius 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)
- primicerius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “primicerius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin