primum ver
Latin
Etymology
From prīmum (“first”) + vēr (“spring”). Attested in Late Latin glosses and in the fourth-century Mulomedicina Chironis in the ablative form prīmō vēre.
Noun
prīmum vēr n (genitive prīmī vērī); second declension
- (Late Latin) early spring
Declension
Second-declension adjective with a third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prīmum vēr | prīma vēra |
| genitive | prīmī vēris | prīmōrum vērum |
| dative | prīmō vērī | prīmīs vēribus |
| accusative | prīmum vēr | prīma vēra |
| ablative | prīmō vēre | prīmīs vēribus |
| vocative | prīmum vēr | prīma vēra |
Derived terms
- prīma vēra (feminized variant)
Descendants
- Old French: primevoir, primevert
- Old Occitan: primver
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ver”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 14: U–Z, page 272