primitive
primitive
adj.
P. and V. ἀρχαῖος, πᾰλαιός.
adj.
P. and V. ἀρχαῖος, πᾰλαιός.
PRIMITIVE
primus; primigenius (Varr.): principalis (e.g. causa significatio): ☞ primitivus is late: nativus (natural). The primitive meaning of a word ea verbi significatio in qua natum est (Gell.): naturalis et principalis significatio verbi (Vid: Quint. 9 1 4): vera atque propria significatio verbi (its true and peculiar meaning Gell. 12 3 5). Vid: also ANCIENT.
primus; primigenius (Varr.): principalis (e.g. causa significatio): ☞ primitivus is late: nativus (natural). The primitive meaning of a word ea verbi significatio in qua natum est (Gell.): naturalis et principalis significatio verbi (Vid: Quint. 9 1 4): vera atque propria significatio verbi (its true and peculiar meaning Gell. 12 3 5). Vid: also ANCIENT.
primitive:
1. princĭpālis, e: p. signification (of a word), principalis significatio, Quint. 9, 1, 4: Gell. Phr.: the p. constitution of the state, prisca illa et antiqua reipublicae forma, Vell. 2, 89: the p. costume of the country, *vestitus qualis fuit eorum hominum qui initio regionem incolebant. See alsoANCIENT .
2. prīmĭgĕnius: Varr.: v.ORIGINAL (adj.).
3. prīmĭtīvus (rare in this sense): p. words, primitiva verba, Prisc. 8, 14, init. (opp. derivativa): called, verba primigenia, Varr. L. L. 65, 36.
1. princĭpālis, e: p. signification (of a word), principalis significatio, Quint. 9, 1, 4: Gell. Phr.: the p. constitution of the state, prisca illa et antiqua reipublicae forma, Vell. 2, 89: the p. costume of the country, *vestitus qualis fuit eorum hominum qui initio regionem incolebant. See also
2. prīmĭgĕnius: Varr.: v.
3. prīmĭtīvus (rare in this sense): p. words, primitiva verba, Prisc. 8, 14, init. (opp. derivativa): called, verba primigenia, Varr. L. L. 65, 36.
appearing fewer than 50 times
πρωτότυποςoriginal, primitive
ἀρχαϊκός
old-fashioned, antiquated, primitive