primarius
κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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, id. 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prīmārĭus,¹¹ a, um (primus), le premier [en rang], du premier rang : primarius parasitus Pl. Mil. 667, parasite de premier ordre, fieffé ; cf. Cic. CM 61 ; Verr. 2, 4, 124 ; Fam. 5, 11, 2.
