primoris

Latin

Etymology

From prīmus (“first”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /priːˈmoː.ris/, [priːˈmoː.rɪs]

Adjective

prīmōris (neuter prīmōre); third declension

  1. first, foremost, closest to the front
  2. earliest
  3. chief, principal

Usage notes

The nominative singular forms are unattested in Classical Latin.

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative prīmōris prīmōre prīmōrēs prīmōria
Genitive prīmōris prīmōris prīmōrium prīmōrium
Dative prīmōrī prīmōrī prīmōribus prīmōribus
Accusative prīmōrem prīmōre prīmōrēs, prīmōrīs prīmōria
Ablative prīmōrī prīmōrī prīmōribus prīmōribus
Vocative prīmōris prīmōre prīmōrēs prīmōria

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
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