adjective
prīmānus
Meaning
- belonging to the first legion
prīmānus, a, um, adj. primus,
I. of or belonging to the first legion:
primanus tribunus apud Catonem ..., Fest. p. 235 Müll.; cf.: primanus tribunus erat, qui primae legioni tributum scribebat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 235 ib. (acc. to Mommsen: qui primam legionem tributim scribebat; v. Becker, Antiq. 3, 2, p. 131).—Subst.: prīmāni, ōrum, m., soldiers of the first legion, Tac. H. 2, 43; 4, 37.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
prīmānus adj.
primus, of the first legion.— Plur. m . as subst, soldiers of the first legion , Ta.