I.that is first of all, original, primordial (eccl. Lat.): “lex,” Tert. adv. Jud. 2: “causa,” Amm. 30, 1.—Adv.: prīmordĭālĭter , from the beginning, originally (post-class.): “in regiones suas, unde primordialiter exsistunt, corpore naturaliter feruntur,” Claud. Mamert. Stat. Anim. 2, 5; Aug. Trin. 3, 9.
prīmordĭālis , e, adj. primordia,