primarius

== Latin == === Etymology === From prīmus (“first”) + -ārius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [priːˈmaː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [priˈmaː.ri.us] === Adjective === prīmārius (feminine prīmāria, neuter prīmārium); first/second-declension adjective One of the first, of the first rank, chief, principal, excellent, remarkable. It was used as the title of a position in universities. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== (one of the first, principal): prīmās ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “primarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “primarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “primarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. primarius in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016