adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
apprīmus
apprīmus (feminine apprīma, neuter apprīmum, adverb apprīmē)
Classical[apˈpriː.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[apˈpriː.mus]
Meaning
- adjectiveobsoletethe very first
ibidemque vir summus adprimus Patroclus
c. 284 BCE – c. 204 BCE, Livius Andronicus, Odusia 3
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | apprīmus | apprīma | apprīmum |
| genitive | apprīmī | apprīmae | apprīmī |
| dative | apprīmō | apprīmae | apprīmō |
| accusative | apprīmum | apprīmam | apprīmum |
| ablative | apprīmō | apprīmā | apprīmō |
| vocative | apprīme | apprīma | apprīmum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | apprīmī | apprīmae | apprīma |
| genitive | apprīmōrum | apprīmārum | apprīmōrum |
| dative | apprīmīs | apprīmīs | apprīmīs |
| accusative | apprīmōs | apprīmās | apprīma |
| ablative | apprīmīs | apprīmīs | apprīmīs |
| vocative | apprīmī | apprīmae | apprīma |
ap-prīmus (better adp-), a, um, adj. (ad
I. intens.), the very first; only once in Liv. Andron.:
Ibidemque vir summus adprimus Patroclus, Gell. 6, 7, 11.—Hence, ap-prīmē (adp-), adv., first of all, before all, especially, exceedingly, very (most freq. in ante- and post-class. per.; in the class. per. only in Nep. Att. 13, 4; for in Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 32, the reading should be a primo; v. Madv. ad h. l.; syn.: in primis, praecipue, ante omnia); with adjj. and verbs. A. With adjj.:
adprime nobilis, Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 6; so Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 30: adprime probus, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 30: adprime probo (genere), id. Trin. 2, 2, 92: utile, Ter. And. 1, 1, 34: obsequens, id. Hec. 2, 2, 5 (vehementissime, Don.): adprime doctus, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 17: adprime boni, * Nep. Att. 13, 3.—Once with the sup.: adprime summo genere gnatus, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 7, 11, 7.— B. With verbs (post-class.): adprime potuit obtingere Socrati, App. de Deo Socr. fin.; so id. Flor. 3 (in Verg. G. 2, 134, the reading of Servius and Arus. Mess. p. 214 Lind. is: flos apprima tenax; apprima being here used as adv., like acerba, acuta al.; for which, however, the best MSS. and editt. have ad prima; v. Wagn. and Rib. ad h. l.).
Origins
Likely a back-formation from apprīmē; by surface analysis, ad- (intensive) + prīmus.