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prīmĭtĭae | prīmĭcĭae (noun F) : (), , primus
* The first things of their kind, firstlings.
* Lit., first-fruits: primitias Cereri farra resecta dabant,Ov. F. 2, 520; id. M. 8, 274; Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 8: pomiferi Laribus consuevimus horti Mittere primitias,Calp. Ecl. 2, 64; Vulg. Exod. 22, 29.
* Transf., of other things: primitiae metallorum,the first produce of the mine,Tac. H. 4, 53: vitis,the first shoots,Col. 4, 10, 2: plantae,id. 10, 147.
* Trop.: primitiae juvenis miserae,his first unhappy essays,Verg. A. 11, 156: tori,the first nuptial joys,Sil. 3, 111: armorum,the first-fruits of war,Stat. Th. 11, 285: lacrimarum,id. ib. 6, 146: primitiae et quasi libamenta ingenuarum artium, Gell. praef.: spectaculi,App. M. 10, p. 253, 12: commeatus,the beginning of navigation,id. ib. 11, p. 765 Oud.: dormientium,the first to rise from the dead,Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 20; 15, 23.
* The first things of their kind, firstlings.
* Lit., first-fruits: primitias Cereri farra resecta dabant,Ov. F. 2, 520; id. M. 8, 274; Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 8: pomiferi Laribus consuevimus horti Mittere primitias,Calp. Ecl. 2, 64; Vulg. Exod. 22, 29.
* Transf., of other things: primitiae metallorum,the first produce of the mine,Tac. H. 4, 53: vitis,the first shoots,Col. 4, 10, 2: plantae,id. 10, 147.
* Trop.: primitiae juvenis miserae,his first unhappy essays,Verg. A. 11, 156: tori,the first nuptial joys,Sil. 3, 111: armorum,the first-fruits of war,Stat. Th. 11, 285: lacrimarum,id. ib. 6, 146: primitiae et quasi libamenta ingenuarum artium, Gell. praef.: spectaculi,App. M. 10, p. 253, 12: commeatus,the beginning of navigation,id. ib. 11, p. 765 Oud.: dormientium,the first to rise from the dead,Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 20; 15, 23.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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