primaio

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Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Classical Latin prīmārius. Doublet of primario, primiero, and premier

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /priˈma.jo/
  • Rhymes: -ajo
  • Hyphenation: pri‧mà‧io

Adjective

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primaio (feminine primaia, masculine plural primai, feminine plural primaie)

  1. (archaic) first, earliest
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto V”, in Inferno[1], lines 1–3; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Così discesi del cerchio primaio
      giù nel secondo, che men loco cinghia
      e tanto più dolor, che punge a guaio.
      So I descended from the first circle to the second, which encircles a smaller area, and a greater pain, which drives to cry.

References

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  • primaio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana