prīmus
From earlier prīsmos, from Proto-Italic *priisemos, a superlative form of the obsolete preposition *pri ~ *prei, related to prae (“before”) (see -issimus for the superlative), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European*preh₂- (“before”). Compare prior (“earlier, in front”), the corresponding comparative. Cognate of Oscan promom, Umbrian promom (“first”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpriː.mus/, [ˈpriːmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpri.mus/, [ˈpriːmus]
Adjective
prīmus (feminine prīma, neuter prīmum, adverb prīmō); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | prīmus | prīma | prīmum | prīmī | prīmae | prīma | |
| Genitive | prīmī | prīmae | prīmī | prīmōrum | prīmārum | prīmōrum | |
| Dative | prīmō | prīmō | prīmīs | ||||
| Accusative | prīmum | prīmam | prīmum | prīmōs | prīmās | prīma | |
| Ablative | prīmō | prīmā | prīmō | prīmīs | |||
| Vocative | prīme | prīma | prīmum | prīmī | prīmae | prīma | |