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|lshtext=<b>prīmĭgĕnĭus</b>: a, um, adj. primusgeno, [[gigno]].<br /><b>I</b> First of all, [[first]] of its [[kind]], [[original]], [[primitive]] ([[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].): pecuaria, Varr. R. R. 2, 2: semina, id. ib. 1, 40: seminis fontes, Amm. 14, 6, 17: verba, [[radical]] words, primitives, Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.: [[primigenius]] [[sulcus]] dicitur, qui in condendā novā urbe tauro et vaccā designationis causā imprimitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 236 Müll.—<br /><b>II</b> Subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> prīmĭgĕnĭa, ōrum, n., the [[first]] [[principle]] or [[nature]]: rerum, Amm. 26, 10, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Prīmĭgĕ-nĭi, ōrum, m., an epithet of the Phrygians, [[who]] claimed to be the [[first]] men, App. M. 11, p. 259, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Prīmĭgĕnĭa, ae, f., an epithet of Fortuna, as the [[attendant]] of her favorite from [[birth]], Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28; Liv. 29, 36, 8; 34, 53, 5.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>prīmĭgĕnĭus</b>, a, um ([[primus]], [[geno]]), primitif, originaire, premier de son espèce : [[Varro]] R. 2, 2 ; primigenii [[Phryges]] Apul. M. 11, 5, les Phrygiens qui prétendent être les premiers hommes ; primigenia verba [[Varro]] L. 6, 36, les primitifs [t. de gramm.] || <b>Prīmĭgĕnĭa</b>, æ, f., Primigénie [surnom de la Fortune] : Cic. Leg. 2, 28 || primigenia rerum Amm. 26, 10, 16, la nature.
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