primanus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prīmānus, a, um, adj. [primus],

of or belonging to the first legion : primanus tribunus apud Catonem ..., Fest. p. 235 Müll.; cf.: primanus tribunus erat, qui primae legioni tributum scribebat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 235 ib. (acc. to Mommsen: qui primam legionem tributim scribebat; v. Becker, Antiq. 3, 2, p. 131).—Subst.: prīmāni , ōrum, m., soldiers of the first legion , Tac. H. 2, 43; 4, 37.

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