primigenius

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

prīmĭgĕnĭus, a, um, adj. [primusgeno, gigno].

I First of all , first of its kind , original , primitive (ante- and post-class.): pecuaria, Varr. R. R. 2, 2: semina, id. ib. 1, 40: seminis fontes, Amm. 14, 6, 17: verba, radical words , primitives , Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.: primigenius sulcus dicitur, qui in condendā novā urbe tauro et vaccā designationis causā imprimitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 236 Müll.—

II Subst.

A prīmĭgĕnĭa , ōrum, n., the first principle or nature : rerum, Amm. 26, 10, 16.—

B Prīmĭgĕ-nĭi , ōrum, m., an epithet of the Phrygians , who claimed to be the first men, Ap. Met. 11, 5, 9.—

C Prīmĭgĕnĭa , ae, f., an epithet of Fortuna , as the attendant of her favorite from birth , Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28; Liv. 29, 36, 8; 34, 53, 5.