LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

prīmārius

prīmārius (feminine prīmāria, neuter prīmārium)
Classical[priːˈmaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[priˈmaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveOne of the first, of the first rank, chief, principal, excellent, remarkable. It was used as the title of a position in universities.

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeprīmāriusprīmāriaprīmārium
genitiveprīmāriīprīmāriaeprīmāriī
dativeprīmāriōprīmāriaeprīmāriō
accusativeprīmāriumprīmāriamprīmārium
ablativeprīmāriōprīmāriāprīmāriō
vocativeprīmārieprīmāriaprīmārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeprīmāriīprīmāriaeprīmāria
genitiveprīmāriōrumprīmāriārumprīmāriōrum
dativeprīmāriīsprīmāriīsprīmāriīs
accusativeprīmāriōsprīmāriāsprīmāria
ablativeprīmāriīsprīmāriīsprīmāriīs
vocativeprīmāriīprīmāriaeprīmāria

prīmārĭus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. one of the first, of the first rank, chief, principal, excellent, remarkable (class.): primarius parasitus, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 73: quoad primarius vir dicat, the first speaker, he who has a right to be heard, id. Rud. 4, 4, 29: primarius vir populi, Cic. Sen. 17, 61: femina, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153: bellator, Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 139.—Of things: condicio, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 81: non ea, quae primario loco sunt, sed ea, quae secundum locum obtinent, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52 dub. (B. and K. priore loco; Madvig. conj.: primo ordine; v. Madvig. ad loc.): lapis, Vulg. Zach. 4, 7.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Latinprīmārius

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der. Proto-Italic *pri Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-(t)m̥mos Proto-Indo-European *-is(t)m̥mós Proto-Italic *-isəmos Proto-Italic *prīzmos Latin prīmus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin prīmārius From prīmus (“first”) + -ārius.

Elsewhere
  • Catalanprimari
  • Englishprimary
  • Frenchprimaire
  • Frenchpremierfrom Old French premier
  • Englishpremierfrom Old French premier
  • Italianprimierofrom Old Occitan primièr
  • Italianprimaiofrom Old Occitan primièr
  • Italianprimariofrom Old Occitan primièr
  • Catalanprimerfrom Old Occitan primièr
  • Occitanprimièrfrom Old Occitan primièr
Ibero-romance
  • Portugueseprimeirofrom Old Galician-Portuguese primeiro
  • Spanishprimero
  • Spanishprimario
  • Falaprimeirufrom Old Galician-Portuguese primeiro
  • Galicianprimeirofrom Old Galician-Portuguese primeiro
Galician-portuguese
  • Portugueseprimário
  • Galicianprimario
Gallo-italic
  • Old Lombardprimer
  • Piedmonteseprumerfrom Old Piedmontese primer
  • Venetanprimier

Quick answers

What does prīmārius mean in Latin?
prīmārius, a adjective, means “One of the first, of the first rank, chief, principal, excellent, remarkable. It was used as the title of a position in universities.”.
How do you pronounce prīmārius?
In classical Latin, [priːˈmaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [priˈmaː.ri.us].
Where does prīmārius come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per- → Latin prīmārius.