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primitus

From LSJ

Ἐν ταῖς ἀνάγκαις χρημάτων κρείττων φίλος → Melior amicus opibus in re turbida → In Schwierigkeiten ist ein Freund mehr wert als Geld

Menander, Monostichoi, 143

Latin > English

primitus ADV :: at first; to begin with; for the first time; originally; in the beginning

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).