prīmas, ātis, comm. [primus],
one of the first or principal , chief , excellent , noble (postclass.): apud primatem feminam, Ap. Met. 2, 19, 2; primatis civitatis filius, id. ib. 2, 23, 5 (Oud. principum); notitia primatium urbium, Cod. Th. 7, 18, 13: periculo primatum officii, ib. 1, 12, 3; Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 21.