primarius

See also: Primarius

Latin

Etymology

From prīmus (“first”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /priːˈmaː.ri.us/, [priːˈmäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /priˈma.ri.us/, [priˈmäːrius]

Adjective

prīmārius (feminine prīmāria, neuter prīmārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. One of the first, or first rank, chief, principal, excellent, remarkable. It was used as the title of a position in universities.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	prīmārius	prīmāria	prīmārium		prīmāriī	prīmāriae	prīmāria
Genitive	prīmāriī	prīmāriae	prīmāriī		prīmāriōrum	prīmāriārum	prīmāriōrum
Dative	prīmāriō		prīmāriō		prīmāriīs
Accusative	prīmārium	prīmāriam	prīmārium		prīmāriōs	prīmāriās	prīmāria
Ablative	prīmāriō	prīmāriā	prīmāriō		prīmāriīs
Vocative	prīmārie	prīmāria	prīmārium		prīmāriī	prīmāriae	prīmāria

Synonyms

• (one of the first, principal): prīmās

Related terms

• prīmaevitās
• prīmaevus
• prīmānus
• prīmās
• prīmātus
• prīmē
• prīmicērius
• prīmifōrmis

• prīmigenius
• prīmigenus
• prīmipara
• prīmipotēns
• prīmīscrīnius
• prīmiter
• prīmitiae
• prīmitīvus

• prīmitus
• prīmivirgius
• prīmō
• prīmōcreātus
• prīmōgenitālis
• prīmōgenitus
• prīmoplastus

• prīmordius
• prīmōris
• prīmōtinus
• prīmulus
• prīmum
• prīmus
• prīnceps

Descendants

• Catalan: primer
• English: premier, primary
• Fala: primeiru
• French: premier, primaire
• Italian: primaio, primario, primiero
• Norman: preunmyi

• Occitan: primièr
• Old French: premier
• Old Galician-Portuguese: primeiro
• Portuguese: primeiro, primário (borrowing)
• Romanian: primar
• Spanish: primario, primero

References

• “primarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “primarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• primarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• primarius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016