primoris

Latin

Etymology

From prīmus (“first”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /priːˈmoː.ris/, [priːˈmoːrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /priˈmo.ris/, [priˈmɔːris]

Adjective

prīmōris (neuter prīmōre); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. first, foremost, closest to the front
2. earliest
3. 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^[1], 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