I.in the first period of life, young, youthful (poet. and late Lat.): “primaevus Helenor,” Verg. A. 9, 545: “natus,” Cat. 64, 401: “Helix,” Val. Fl. 6, 570: “vix primaevus eras, cum, etc.,” Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 51: “corpus,” Verg. A. 10, 345; Luc. 6, 562: “corpora,” Val. Fl. 2, 653: “flos,” Verg. A. 7, 162: “recepisti primaevus originis tuae florem,” Amm. 15, 8, 11: “adulescens,” id. 16, 1, 5.
prīmaevus , a, um, adj. [primus-aevum,