primitiae
ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prīmĭtĭae: (prīmĭcĭae), ārum, f. primus,
I the first things of their kind, firstlings.
I Lit., first-fruits: primitias Cereri farra resecta dabant, Ov. F. 2, 520; id. M. 8, 274; Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 8: pomiferi Laribus consuevimus horti Mittere primitias, Calp. Ecl. 2, 64; Vulg. Exod. 22, 29.—
B Transf., of other things: primitiae metallorum, the first produce of the mine, Tac. H. 4, 53: vitis, the first shoots, Col. 4, 10, 2: plantae, id. 10, 147.—
II Trop.: primitiae juvenis miserae, his first unhappy essays, Verg. A. 11, 156: tori, the first nuptial joys, Sil. 3, 111: armorum, the first-fruits of war, Stat. Th. 11, 285: lacrimarum, id. ib. 6, 146: primitiae et quasi libamenta ingenuarum artium, Gell. praef.: spectaculi, App. M. 10, p. 253, 12: commeatus, the beginning of navigation, id. ib. 11, p. 765 Oud.: dormientium, the first to rise from the dead, Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 20; 15, 23.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prīmĭtĭæ,¹³ ārum f. (primus),
1 prémices : Ov. F. 2, 520 ; Plin. 18, 8 || primitiæ metallorum Tac. H. 4, 53, les prémices des mines = des métaux vierges
2 débuts, commencement : miseræ primitiæ Virg. En. 11, 156, malheureux débuts ; primitiæ lacrimarum Stat. Th. 11, 285, premières larmes. sing. primitia Commod. Instr. 1, 11, 18.
