prīmus adj. sup.
PRO-,
the first, first
: Primus sentio mala nostra, T.:
primae litterae: primus Graecae civitatis in Thraciam
introiit, N.: primus de mille fuisses,
O.—Plur
m
. as subst: in primis stetit,
among the foremost
, N.: in primis pugnantes,
in the van
, S.: Utque pedum primis infans vestigia plantis
Institerat (i. e. ut primum), V.—In time or place,
first, fore, foremost
: in primā provinciā,
at the entrance of the province
: sol, i. e.
the rising sun
, V.—With
quisque, the first possible, the very first
: primo quoque tempore,
at the very first opportunity
: me tibi primum quidque concedente.—As
subst
n., sing
. and plur,
the first part, beginning
: quod bellum, si prima satis prospera fuissent,
L.: utinam a primo ita tibi esset visum,
from the first
: equites in primo late ire iubet,
in the van
, S.: qui numerus in primo viget, iacet
in extremo,
first part
.—Fig., of rank or merit,
first, chief, principal, excellent, eminent, distinguished, noble
: evocat ad se Massiliā quindecim primos,
Cs.: sui municipi facile primus: primis urbis
placuisse, H.: iuvenum primi,
V.: apud te primus,
first in your favor
, T.: otium atque divitiae, quae prima mortales
putant, S.: primas partīs qui
aget,
plays the leading part
, T.: si Allienus tibi primas in dicendo partes
concesserit.—Plur
f
. as subst. (only acc; sc. partīs),
the first rank, lead, highest place
: actioni primas dedisse Demosthenes dicitur,
ascribed supreme importance
: amoris erga me tibi primas defero, i. e.
the first place among those who love me.—Plur. abl
. as subst., in the phrases, in primis, cum primis,
among the first, with the foremost, eminently, chiefly, especially, principally,
particularly
: vir fortis in primis: oppidum in primis Siciliae clarum:
homo in primis improbissimus: in primis . . . deinde,
in the first place
, S.: homo cum primis locuples.
