LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

cum prīmīs

cum prīmīs

Meaning

  1. first, first of all, before all others, better than all others
    1719, William Musgrave, Antiquitates Britanno-Belgicae..., Vol. I, Cap. XII, § IThe first [statue] displays Venus... Received into Heaven, she presided over all things related to Whoring, which she was thought to understand before all others...
  2. rarewith the foremost, especially, particularly
    Sopater quidam fuit Halicyensis, homo domi suae cum primis locuples atque honestus.Sopater of Halicyae was one of the foremost wealthy and respected men of his home.70 BCE, Cicero, In Verrem 2.3.68
    improbissimus C. Servilius Glaucia, sed peracutus et callidus cum primisque ridiculus.But the most shameless Gaius Servilius Glaucia was very keen and artful, and especially humorous46 BCE, Cicero, Brutus 224

Quick answers

What does cum prīmīs mean in Latin?
cum prīmīs, a adverb, means “first, first of all, before all others, better than all others; with the foremost, especially, particularly”.