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(adjective) : prīmōris, e (
* Nom. sing. not in use), primus, the first, first (class. in plur.).
* In gen. (rare): imbres,Varr. R. R. 2, 2: dentes,the front teeth,Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 70: in primore pueritiā,in earliest childhood,Gell. 10, 19, 3: anni,first, earliest,Sil. 1, 511: primori Marte, in the first part or beginning of the war, id. 11, 143: primore aspectu,at first sight,Gell. 2, 7, 6.
* In partic.
* The foremost part, forepart, tip, end, extremity (class.; syn. primus): sumere aliquid digitulis primoribus,with the tips of one's fingers,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 24: versabatur mihi (nomen) in labris primoribus,is at my tongue's end,id. Trin. 4, 2, 65: aliquid primoribus labris attingere,to touch slightly,Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87; cf. id. Cael. 12, 28; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 428, 3: surculum primorem praeacuito obliquum primores digitos duos,Cato, R. R. 40, 3; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 27: eduxique animam in primoribu' naribus,id. ib. 427, 32: nasi primoris acumen,Lucr. 6, 1193: (pilo) primori inest pyxis ferrea,Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112; 10, 33, 51, § 99: cauda late fusa primori parte,id. 8, 54, 80, § 216: vestibulum esse partem domus primorem,Gell. 16, 5, 2: in primore libro,at the beginning of the book,Gell. 1, 18, 3: usque in primores manus ac prope in digitos,as far as the forepart of the hands,id. 7, 12: primori in acie versari,Tac. H. 3, 21.
* The first in rank or dignity, chief, principal (poet. and postclass.—In Liv. 24, 20, 13, Weissenb. reads: inpigre conscriptā; v. also Madvig. ad Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52): Argivorum viri,Cat. 68, 87: feminae,Tac. A. 2, 29: venti,chief, cardinal,Gell. 2, 22.—Hence, subst.: prīmō-res, um, m.
* The front rank in battle, etc.: dum inter primores promptius dimicat, sagittā ictus est,Curt. 4, 6, 17.
* The men of the first rank, the chiefs, nobles, patricians (cf. princeps): Amphitruo delegit viros primorum principes,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 49: odio alienae honestatis ereptus primoribus ager,Liv. 1, 47, 11: primores populi arripuit,Hor. S. 2, 1, 69: civitatum primores atque optimates,Col. 12, 3, 10: primores, ac duces,Juv. 15, 40: ex primoribus,Tac. A. 13, 30; 4, 33; Vulg. 2 Macc. 8, 9.
* Nom. sing. not in use), primus, the first, first (class. in plur.).
* In gen. (rare): imbres,Varr. R. R. 2, 2: dentes,the front teeth,Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 70: in primore pueritiā,in earliest childhood,Gell. 10, 19, 3: anni,first, earliest,Sil. 1, 511: primori Marte, in the first part or beginning of the war, id. 11, 143: primore aspectu,at first sight,Gell. 2, 7, 6.
* In partic.
* The foremost part, forepart, tip, end, extremity (class.; syn. primus): sumere aliquid digitulis primoribus,with the tips of one's fingers,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 24: versabatur mihi (nomen) in labris primoribus,is at my tongue's end,id. Trin. 4, 2, 65: aliquid primoribus labris attingere,to touch slightly,Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87; cf. id. Cael. 12, 28; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 428, 3: surculum primorem praeacuito obliquum primores digitos duos,Cato, R. R. 40, 3; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 27: eduxique animam in primoribu' naribus,id. ib. 427, 32: nasi primoris acumen,Lucr. 6, 1193: (pilo) primori inest pyxis ferrea,Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112; 10, 33, 51, § 99: cauda late fusa primori parte,id. 8, 54, 80, § 216: vestibulum esse partem domus primorem,Gell. 16, 5, 2: in primore libro,at the beginning of the book,Gell. 1, 18, 3: usque in primores manus ac prope in digitos,as far as the forepart of the hands,id. 7, 12: primori in acie versari,Tac. H. 3, 21.
* The first in rank or dignity, chief, principal (poet. and postclass.—In Liv. 24, 20, 13, Weissenb. reads: inpigre conscriptā; v. also Madvig. ad Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52): Argivorum viri,Cat. 68, 87: feminae,Tac. A. 2, 29: venti,chief, cardinal,Gell. 2, 22.—Hence, subst.: prīmō-res, um, m.
* The front rank in battle, etc.: dum inter primores promptius dimicat, sagittā ictus est,Curt. 4, 6, 17.
* The men of the first rank, the chiefs, nobles, patricians (cf. princeps): Amphitruo delegit viros primorum principes,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 49: odio alienae honestatis ereptus primoribus ager,Liv. 1, 47, 11: primores populi arripuit,Hor. S. 2, 1, 69: civitatum primores atque optimates,Col. 12, 3, 10: primores, ac duces,Juv. 15, 40: ex primoribus,Tac. A. 13, 30; 4, 33; Vulg. 2 Macc. 8, 9.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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