primulus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of primus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpriː.mu.lus/, [ˈpriːmʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpri.mu.lus/, [ˈpriːmulus]

Adjective

prīmulus (feminine prīmula, neuter prīmulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (the very) first

Declension

First/second-declension adjective

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prīmulus	prīmula	prīmulum		prīmulī	prīmulae	prīmula
genitive	prīmulī	prīmulae	prīmulī		prīmulōrum	prīmulārum	prīmulōrum
dative	prīmulō	prīmulae	prīmulō		prīmulīs
accusative	prīmulum	prīmulam	prīmulum		prīmulōs	prīmulās	prīmula
ablative	prīmulō	prīmulā	prīmulō		prīmulīs
vocative	prīmule	prīmula	prīmulum		prīmulī	prīmulae	prīmula

References

• “primulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• primulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.