primarius

See also: Primarius

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *prīzmos

Latin prīmus

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -ārius

Latin prīmārius

From prīmus (“first”) + -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [priːˈmaː.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [priˈmaː.ri.us]

Adjective

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

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prīmārius	prīmāria	prīmārium		prīmāriī	prīmāriae	prīmāria
genitive	prīmāriī	prīmāriae	prīmāriī		prīmāriōrum	prīmāriārum	prīmāriōrum
dative	prīmāriō	prīmāriae	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: primari
• → English: primary
• → French: primaire
  • → Dutch: primair
• Galician-portuguese:
  • → Galician: primario
  • → Portuguese: primário
• Old French: premier, premer, primer, primur
  • Middle French: premier
    • French: premier
    • → English: premier
  • Norman: preunmyi
• Gallo-italic:
  • Old Lombard: primer
  • Old Piedmontese: primer, prumer
    • Piedmontese: prumer
  • Venetan: primier
• Old Occitan: primièr
  • Italian: primiero, → primaio, → primario
    • Sicilian: primariu
  • Catalan: primer
  • Occitan: primièr
• Ibero-romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: primeiro
    • Fala: primeiru
    • Galician: primeiro
    • Portuguese: primeiro
  • Spanish: primero, → primario
• Romanian: primar
• Romansh: primar

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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016