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primigenius

prīmĭgĕnĭus, a, um, adj. [primusgeno, gigno].
  • First of all, first of its kind, original, primitive (ante- and post-class.): pecuaria, Varr. R. R. 2, 2: semina, id. ib. 1, 40: seminis fontes, Amm.14, 6, 17: verba, radical words, primitives, Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.: primigenius sulcus dicitur, qui in condendā novā urbe tauro et vaccā designationis causā imprimitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 236 Müll.—
  • II Subst.
    • A prīmĭgĕnĭa, ōrum, n., the first principle or nature: rerum, Amm.26, 10, 16.—
    • B Prīmĭgĕ-nĭi, ōrum, m., an epithet of the Phrygians, who claimed to be the first men, Ap. Met. 11, 5, 9.—
    • C Prīmĭgĕnĭa, ae, f., an epithet of Fortuna, as the attendant of her favorite from birth, Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28; Liv. 29, 36, 8; 34, 53, 5.

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