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

1. (Late Latin) early spring

Declension

Second-declension adjective with a third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	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, volumes 14: U–Z, page 272