primulus

prīmŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [primus],

• the first (ante-class.): primulo diluculo, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 105 (737).—Adv.: prīmŭlum, at first, first (ante-class.), Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 18 (916); 5, 9, 57 (1116); Ter. Ad. 289.

prīmulus, a, um (Demin. v. primus), der erste, primulo diluculo, bei der ersten Morgendämmerung, Plaut. Amph. 737: u. so primulo crepusculo, Plaut. Cas. prol. 40. – Adv. prīmulum, so ganz zum ersten Anfang, ganz zuerst, Komik. (s. Brix u. Lorenz Plaut. mil. 1004. Spengel Ter. adelph. 289).

primulus [CL] 1 (somewhat) first, first (little), earliest. b (n. sg. acc. as adv.) in the first place or for the first time. dumescente pilis facie, radioque juvente / obscuris pallente genis, cum mala viriles / exacuit nemorosa rubos nec primula mento / vellera mollescunt, virides quot luserit annos Hanv. I 218; c1198 etate pululat a primula / in mores patrios mens emula / licet cor regium / libret sullimia / precordia (Pol. Poems) EHR V 316; dum ~um gramen virtutum considerat quod in eis plantarat tam firmiter radicatum V. Edm. Rich C 592; ~as, G. auke primer Garl. Unus gl. 167; ~us, A. lytylfurst WW; fyrste ‥ primorculus, ~us CathA.  b primitus, et primo, et primum adverbia, dicitur ~um adverbium et diminutivum Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 406. 2 that surpasses or precedes all others, first in beauty, bearing, or importance, the best. viola ~a est inter flores et pre ceteris odorifera T. Chobham Serm. 23. 92va.. 3 (rosa ~a) primrose (Rosa primula); b (as sb. f. ~a veris); c (w. ellipsis of rosa); d (quasi-fig. or fig.). cum data sit gratis rosa primula, flore soluto / vendere spinetum dedecus esse puto J. Bath 279; volatilia semel congregata invenerunt rosam ~am et pulcherrinam O. Cheriton Fab. 55 p. 226.  b lavendule, ~e veris, nasturcii ortolani Gilb. II 118v. 1; succus ~e veris immissus naribus valet Ib. III 160. 2; c1300 recipe duas libras de salvia, unam de lavendula, et unam de ~a veris Pop. Med. 229; ~a veris, herba sancti Petri idem, solsequium idem, alia est ab herba paralisi SB 35; ~a veris, prymerole MS BL Royal 12 E i f. 100v; ~a veris, prymrose, oxlippe MS BL Sloane 3545 f. 8v; a prymerose, primarosa, ~a veris CathA; arthritica officinis est ~a veris ‥ ab Anglis dicitur a prymerose Turner Herb. A ijv.  c tunc scolaris ‥ viola, ~a atque rosa nec non et quadrifolio farciet librum suum R. Bury Phil. 17. 221; deforis in campis stat primula cincta ligustris Gower VC I 63.  d cum eternalis primula / ruit ad tua jacula, / tunc relevantur perditi J. Howd. Cyth. 138. 7; insit cordi meo craticula / cruciatur qua celi primula Id. Ph. 478; sit innixa celesti primule / florem sugat instar apicule Ib. 633. 4 (understood as): a daisy (Bellis perennis). b marigold (Calendula officinalis). a consolida minor, primula veris idem, ossa fracta consolidat, G. le petite consoude, A. waysegle vel bonwort vel brosewort Alph. 45.  b aliqui male vocant ~am veris calendulam Gad. 28v. 2; ~a veris, herba sancti Petri idem, solsequium idem, alia est ab herba paralisi SB 35.

prīmŭlus, (15) a, um, dim. de primus : primulo diluculo Pl. Amph. 737, tout à fait à la pointe du jour, cf. Cas. 40.

primulus , a, um. adj. (primus.)
Primulo diluculo 淸早。

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