primitus
From LSJ
ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prīmĭtus: adv. id.,
I at first, originally, for the first time (ante- and post-class. and poet.): primitu', Lucil. ap. Non. 154, 29: primitus cum exit vitis, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 2: primitus oritur herba, id. ib. 2, 2, 14; Verg. Cir. 490; Cat. 19, 10: primitus enim ex libamentis deos placabant, Val. Max. 2, 5, 5: proinde atque si primitus Latine fictum esset, Gell. 1, 18, 1; Amm. 14, 6, 12.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prīmĭtŭs¹⁴ (primus), adv., au commencement, primitivement, originairement : Lucil. Sat. 199 ; Lucr. 4, 1030 ; 5, 1093 ; primitus cum Varro R. 1, 31, 2, dès que.
