prime
Dictionary entries
- Entry →primus, prima, primum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
first, foremost/best, chief, principal; nearest/next; [in primis => especially];
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →unus -a -um, primus -a -um, singuli -ae -a, semel:
Numeral · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
one;
voc. sg. - Entry →primus, primi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
chiefs (pl.), nobles;
voc. sg.
Examples
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...scietis. sed ecquae ancillast illi? Per. Est prime cata. Pal. Ea quoque opus est. ita praecipito mulieri atque..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...maeret Cato fata nepotis: 790solum te, consul depulsis prime tyrannisBrute, pias inter gaudentem uidimus umbras.abruptis Catilina minax fractisque..."Epistola ad Caesarem I
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust) from SPURIA
"...bonus deteriorem divitiis magis clarum, magisque acceptum videt, prime aestuat, multaque in pectore volvit: sed ubi gloria honorem..."
