primitiae
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
prīmitiae, ārum, f. (primus), das Erste, die Erstlinge, der Früchte, Ov. u. Plin.: metallorum, die Erstlingsgaben, erste Ausbeute, Tac. – poet. übtr., armorum, Anfang des Krieges, Stat.: tori, der erste Genuß der Ehe, Sil.: vitis, die ersten Keime, Colum.: spolia et primitiae, Erstlinge des Sieges. Verg.: miserae, Erstlingsversuch, erste Waffentat, Verg. – / Sing. prīmitia, ae, f., die frühe Jugend, Itala num. 18, 12: a primitia, Commodian. instr. 1, 11 (12), 18.
Latin > Chinese
primitiae, arum. f. :: 初熟之榖。— armorum 初發之兵。— vitis 初葡萄枝。
