primordialis
From LSJ
εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prīmordĭālis: e, adj. primordia,
I that is first of all, original, primordial (eccl. Lat.): lex, Tert. adv. Jud. 2: causa, Amm. 30, 1.—Adv.: prīmordĭālĭter, from the beginning, originally (post-class.): in regiones suas, unde primordialiter exsistunt, corpore naturaliter feruntur, Claud. Mamert. Stat. Anim. 2, 5; Aug. Trin. 3, 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prīmōrdĭālis, e (primordium), primordial : Tert. Jud. 2.
