prōtŏtŏmus, a, um, adj., = πρωτότομος,
I that is cut off first , of the first cutting : caules, the earliest cabbage - sprouts , Col. 10, 369 (cf. Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 137); so, coliculi, Mart. 14, 101.—
2 As subst.: prō-tŏtŏmi , ōrum, m., cabbages of the first cutting , Mart. 10, 48, 16.