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Latin
Etymology
From prīmus (“first”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
prīmōris (neuter prīmōre); third-declension two-termination adjective
- first, foremost, closest to the front
- earliest
- chief, principal
Usage notes
The nominative singular forms are unattested in Classical Latin.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
References
- “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, 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