prīmĭtĭae (prīmĭcĭae), ārum, f. [primus], the first things of their kind, firstlings.I.Lit., first-fruits: primitias Cereri farra resecta dabant, Ov. F. 2, 520; id. M. 8, 274; Plin. 18, 2, 2, 8: pomiferi Laribus consuevimus horti Mittere primitias, Calp. Ecl. 2, 64; Vulg. Exod. 22, 29.—B.Transf., of other things: primitiae metallorum,