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名詞

primordium (plural primordia)

1. (anatomy) An aggregation of cells that is the first stage in the development of an organ.

   Synonyms: anlage, (obsolete) proton

   • 2017, Taylor A. Steeves, Vipen K. Sawhney, Essentials of Developmental Plant Anatomy, Oxford University Press, page 29:

     In tomato, for example, the first sepal primordium is formed as an outgrowth at the periphery of the apex and the subsequent sepal primordia are initiated in a helical fashion at an angle of approximately 137° from the previous one.

2. (history, theology) A primordial, original condition or event.
   • 1997 [1991], Alexandre Grandazzi, translated by Jane Marie Todd, The Foundation of Rome: Myth and History, →ISBN, page 33:

     It is thus vain to hope that the history of the primordia can be reduced to the progress of archeological investigation.

   • 2003, David Chidester, Salvation and Suicide: Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 106:

     Attempts have been made by historians of religion to distinguish between mythic orientations in time concerned with the repetition of a primordium and those concerned with the anticipation of an eschaton.

   • 2008, Richard L. Bushman, Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction, →ISBN, page 5:

     [Joseph Smith] did not think of himself as going back to a primordium of true Christianity, as the Puritans did. In his view, there never was a golden age when religion flourished to perfection.

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発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [priːˈmoːr.di.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [priˈmɔr.d̪i.um]

名詞

prīmōrdium n (genitive prīmōrdiī or prīmōrdī); second declension

1. beginning, origin

   Synonyms: initium, prīncipium, exōrdium, orīgō, limen, rudīmentum

   Antonym: fīnis

2. commencement

語形変化

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

派生語

• prīmōrdiālis

派生した語

• Catalan: primordi
• Galician: primordio
• Italian: primordio
• Portuguese: primórdio
• Romanian: primordiu
• Spanish: primordio