primulus

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

prīmŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [primus],

the first (ante-class.): primulo diluculo, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 105.—Adv.: prīmŭlum , at first , first (ante-class.), Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 18; 5, 9, 57; Ter. Ad. 289.