Primárius, Adiect. Cic.Chiefe: extellent: passing good.Vir primarius, Cice.A chiefe man in the citie. A very excellÊt and worthie man aboue other.Adolescens primarius Seruius Sulpitius. Cicero. A worthye yong gentleman of a noble house.Bellator primarius. Plin. An excellent warriour.Quin vos capitis conditionem ex pessuma primarium. Pla. Fœmina primaria. Ter. A worthie gentlewoman, and one of the chiefe of the citie. A passing excellent woman.Primarius lapis.The stone that is first layd in the foundation.Senator vir primarius, Cic.Primario loco esse, & secundum locum obtinere, cõtraria.Cic.To be in chiefe estimation.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
prīmārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], one of the first, of the first rank, chief, principal, excellent, remarkable (class.): primarius parasitus, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 73: quoad primarius vir dicat,
the first speaker
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he who has a right to be heard
, id. Rud. 4, 4, 29: primarius vir populi, Cic. Sen. 17, 61: femina, id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, 153: bellator, Plin. 7, 43, 45, 139.—Of things: condicio, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 81: non ea, quae primario loco sunt, sed ea, quae secundum locum obtinent, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52 dub. (B. and K. priore loco; Madvig. conj.: primo ordine; v. Madvig. ad loc.): lapis, Vulg. Zach. 4, 7.