primer
PRIMER
Prayer-book Vid:
A horn-book *libellus elementorum; *tabulae litterariae. A child in the primer qui prima elementa discit (after Quint.); puer elementarius (after Sen. Ep. 36 4).
Prayer-book Vid:
A horn-book *libellus elementorum; *tabulae litterariae. A child in the primer qui prima elementa discit (after Quint.); puer elementarius (after Sen. Ep. 36 4).
primer: perh. elementa prima: see Hor. S. 1, 1, 26. To be learning the p., initia litterarum discere. cf. Quint. 1, 1, 19. Or perh. (more precisely) libellus elementarius, cf. Sen. Ep. 36, 4 (elementarius senex, i. e. who is still learning his letters or p.). See also GRAMMAR .