primitus
διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
prīmitus, Adv., zuerst, zum erstenmal, Lucil. 199. Lucr. 4, 1023 u. 5, 1091. Priap. 86, 11 (Catull. 19, 11). Varro r. r. 1, 31, 2. Val. Max. 2, 5, 5. Suet. Claud. 7, 1 u.a. (s. Neue-Wagener Formenl.3 2, 740 u. 741).
Latin > English
primitus ADV :: at first; to begin with; for the first time; originally; in the beginning
