prīmĭtīvus, a, um, adj. [primus],
I the first or earliest of its kind , primitive (post-Aug.): flores, that blossom first , Col. 9, 13: anni, the first , id. Arb. 23.—
B Gram. t. t. (for the class. primigenius, nativus): verba, primitives , Prisc. p. 824 P.—
2 Esp., the first-born : fetus, Prud. στεφ. 10, 828: primitivum in pecoribus, Vulg. Exod. 13, 12: primitivo suo, id. 3 Reg. 16, 34.—Trop.: Asiae in Christo, Vulg. Rom. 16, 5.