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
- One of the first, or first rank, chief, principal, excellent, remarkable.[1] It was used as the title of a position in universities.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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
Descendants
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