Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1456.prīmō on page 1456
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prīmō at first
prīmō is a Latin Adverb that primarily means at first.
Definitions for prīmō
Wheelock's Latin
Adverb
- 1
at first, at the beginning
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adverb
- 1
At first, originally, to begin with; (strengthened by omnium) first of all. (b) (followed by other temporal advs.).
- 2
For the first time, on the first occasion; (in temporal sequences) firstly.
Sentences with prīmō
Latin to English
Uxor, vivamus, quod viximus, et teneamus nomina, quae primo sumpsimus in thalamo: nec ferat ulla dies, ut commutemur in aevo; quin tibi sim iuvenis tuque puella mihi. [Epigrammata, XL, Ad Uxorem, 1)Compare Wife, let us live as we have lived, and keep calling each other by the names we first used when we married. May the day never come that we should change, may I always be your young man, and you my girl.
Tertium, quae primo creduntur, et postea intelleguntur: qualia sunt ea, quae de divinis rebis non possunt intelligi, nisi ab his qui mundo sunt corde.Compare Third, those which are believed first and understood afterwards: such are those concerning divine things which can be understood only by those clean of heart.
Primo anceps sum pugna, nequicquam saepe conatus eques Romanus impetus turbo hostis acies.Compare The battle was at first doubtful, the Roman cavalry having made many fruitless attempts to throw the enemy's line into confusion by a charge.
Fama, malum qua non aliud velocius ullum: mobilitate viget virisque adquirit eundo, parva metu primo, mox sese attollit in auras ingrediturgue solo et caput inter nubila condit.Compare Rumor, the swiftest traveler of all the ills on earth, thriving on movement, gathering strength as it goes; at the start a small and cowardly thing, it soon puffs itself up, and walking upon the ground, buries its head in the cloud-base.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 206.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1456.
- Word frequencies
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 126.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "prīmō (adv.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/primo.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 206.prīmō on page 206
