A.first-born, firstling, ἄρνες, ἔριφοι, Il.4.102, Hes.Op.543; φοῖνιξ π. first-born, first-created, E.Hec.458 (lyr.); τὰ π. LXXMi.7.1; of the tissues,= ὁμοιομερῆ, Pl. ap.Gal.4.773; of a child, “π. θάλος” E.IT209 (lyr.); “π. τῶν τέκνων” IGRom.4.539 (Cotiaeum); π. λόγος, υἱός, Ph.1.427,308; “ὄρχησις” Luc. Salt.7; of the τριάς (= 1+2), Adam.Vent.46.
II. parox. πρωτογόνος, ἡ, bringing forth first, implied by Poll.4.208.