primarius

Δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → Quercu cadente, nemo ignatu abstinet → Fiel erst die Eiche, holt ein jeder Mann sich Holz

Menander, Monostichoi, 123

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.