primoris
Latin
Etymology
From prīmus (“first”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /priːˈmoː.ris/, [priːˈmoːrɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /priˈmo.ris/, [priˈmɔːris]
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.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | prīmōris | prīmōre | prīmōrēs | prīmōria | |
| Genitive | prīmōris | prīmōrium | |||
| Dative | prīmōrī | prīmōribus | |||
| Accusative | prīmōrem | prīmōre | prīmōrēs prīmōrīs | prīmōria | |
| Ablative | prīmōrī | prīmōribus | |||
| Vocative | prīmōris | prīmōre | prīmōrēs | prīmōria | |
Derived terms
- prīmōrēs
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
- to have a superficial knowledge, a smattering of literature, of the sciences: primis (ut dicitur) or primoribus labris gustare or attingere litteras