primum
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpriː.mum/, [ˈpriːmʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpri.mum/, [ˈpriːmum]
Etymology 1
Adverbial accusative of prīmus.
Adverb
prīmum (not comparable)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Numeral
- inflection of prīmus:
References
- “primum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “primum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- primum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) we start by presupposing that..: positum est a nobis primum (c. Acc. c. Inf.)
- (ambiguous) to be considered the foremost orator: primum or principem inter oratores locum obtinere
- (ambiguous) to occupy the first, second position in the state: principem (primum), secundum locum dignitatis obtinere
- (ambiguous) the vanguard: agmen primum
- (ambiguous) we start by presupposing that..: positum est a nobis primum (c. Acc. c. Inf.)