primitivus
ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς → ye shall know them by their fruits, by their fruits ye shall know them, by their fruits you shall know them, you will know them by their fruit
Latin > English
primitivus primitiva, primitivum ADJ :: early; first formed
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prīmĭtīvus: a, um, adj. id.,
I the first or earliest of its kind, primitive (post-Aug.): flores, that blossom first, Col. 9, 13: anni, the first, id. Arb. 23.—
B Gram. t. t. (for the class. primigenius, nativus): verba, primitives, Prisc. p. 824 P.—
2 Esp., the first-born: fetus, Prud. στεφ. 10, 828: primitivum in pecoribus, Vulg. Exod. 13, 12: primitivo suo, id. 3 Reg. 16, 34.—Trop.: Asiae in Christo, Vulg. Rom. 16, 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prīmĭtīvus, a, um, premier [en date], premier-né : Col. Rust. 9, 13 ; Prud. Perist. 10, 828 || primitif [en t. de gramm.] : Prisc. || pl. n. primitiva Sol. 16, 5, prémices.
Latin > German (Georges)
prīmitīvus, a, um (primus), das erste in seiner Art, flores, die zuerst blühen, Colum.: anni, die ersten, Colum.: verba, Stammverba, Prisc. – subst., primitiva (die Erstlinge) frugum, Solin. 16, 5 u. Eccl.
