Meaning of primitia | Babel Free

Definitions

first fruits

declension-1, in-plural

Equivalents

Examples

“farra tamen veterēs iaciēbant, farra metēbant,”

Literal translation: Yet ancient [peoples] were sowing grains, [and] grains they were harvesting; [and,] having been reaped, the first-fruits [of these] grains they were giving to Ceres. Or, in more natural English: Yet the ancients were sowing and reaping grain crops, offering the first-fruits of their harvests to Ceres. (Note: Far, plural farra, is commonly mis-translated; see also Ceres (mythology).)

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