LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjective

prōtŏtŏmus

Meaning

  1. that is cut off first

prōtŏtŏmus, a, um, adj., = πρωτότομος,
I. that is cut off first, of the first cutting: caules, the earliest cabbage - sprouts, Col. 10, 369 (cf. Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 137); so, coliculi, Mart. 14, 101.—
2. As subst.: prō-tŏtŏmi, ōrum, m., cabbages of the first cutting, Mart. 10, 48, 16.

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What does prōtŏtŏmus mean in Latin?
prōtŏtŏmus, a adjective, means “that is cut off first”.