(adjective) : prīmārĭus, a, um, id.
* One of the first, of the first rank, chief, principal, excellent, remarkable (class.): primarius parasitus,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 73: quoad primarius vir dicat,the first speaker, he who has a right to be heard,id. Rud. 4, 4, 29: primarius vir populi,Cic. Sen. 17, 61: femina,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153: bellator,Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 139.—Of things: condicio,Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 81: non ea, quae primario loco sunt, sed ea, quae secundum locum obtinent,Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52 dub. (B. and K. priore loco; Madvig. conj.: primo ordine; v. Madvig. ad loc.): lapis,Vulg. Zach. 4, 7.

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