2001 Translation

Sounds Like: PREE-moos

Translations: first, foremost, chief, principal, earliest, original, best, excellent, leading, prime

From the root: PRIMUS

Part of Speech: Adjective, Numeral

Explanation: Primus is a Latin adjective meaning 'first'. It is commonly used to denote the first in a series or sequence, whether in terms of order, time, or importance. It can refer to the earliest, original, or most important item or person. It functions as an ordinal number, indicating position rather than quantity.

Inflection: Masculine, Nominative, Singular. It belongs to the first/second declension of adjectives.

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From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, PRIMUS.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• PRIMO — first, at first, firstly, originally
• PRIMUM — first, at first, for the first time, in the first place, the first thing, the beginning, a beginning
• ΠΡΙΜΟΥ — first, at first, firstly, in the first place

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