primus motorn.

Brit.

/ˌpriːməs ˈməʊtɔː/,

/ˌprʌɪməs ˈməʊtə/, U.S.

/ˌpraɪməs ˈmoʊdər/,

/ˌpriməs ˈmoʊdər/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin primus motor.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin primus motor (from c1200 in British sources), lit. ‘first mover’ < classical Latin prīmus prime adj. + mōtor motor n. Compare earlier primum mobile n., and also First Mover at mover n.¹ 1a, first mover at mover n.¹ 1c.Not fully naturalized in English.

Now rare.

The original source of motion or action; the cause, instigator, prime mover; = primum mobile n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > primary or first cause

First Cause1393

primum mobile1548

movera1550

impulsive causea1575

primus motor1579

beginning1587

first mobile1645

causa causans1659

first mover1711

prime mover1795

leader1805

1579 T. Lodge Protogenes 25 Doe not the Spheares moue? the primus motor gouerne.

c1592 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta i. ii, in Wks. (Rtldg.) 150/1 The plagues of Egypt, and the curse of heaven..Inflict upon them, thou great Primus Motor!

1617 J. Chamberlain in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) II. 9 Now the primus motor of this feasting, Mr. Comptroller, is taking his leave of this town.

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 11 You have said somewhat..concerning the last Parliament, somewhat of the Primus motor, and Divine Intelligence which enliv'd the same.

a1709 R. Atkins Parl. & Polit. Tracts (1734) 420 Even in this Action of the Citizens, there is, as in all great Human Actions, the Primus Motor to be considered.

1920 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 89 259/1 The primus motor to the enhancment of prices has always been the creation of an artificial buying capacity.

1992 Mod. Asian Stud. 26 603 Chen Boda..acted as primus motor behind the popularization of the slogan ‘Stress the present and slight the past’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	primus motor
释义	primus motorn. Brit. /ˌpriːməs ˈməʊtɔː/, /ˌprʌɪməs ˈməʊtə/, U.S. /ˌpraɪməs ˈmoʊdər/, /ˌpriməs ˈmoʊdər/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin primus motor. Etymology: < post-classical Latin primus motor (from c1200 in British sources), lit. ‘first mover’ < classical Latin prīmus prime adj. + mōtor motor n. Compare earlier primum mobile n., and also First Mover at mover n.¹ 1a, first mover at mover n.¹ 1c.Not fully naturalized in English. Now rare. The original source of motion or action; the cause, instigator, prime mover; = primum mobile n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > primary or first cause First Cause1393 primum mobile1548 movera1550 impulsive causea1575 primus motor1579 beginning1587 first mobile1645 causa causans1659 first mover1711 prime mover1795 leader1805 1579 T. Lodge Protogenes 25 Doe not the Spheares moue? the primus motor gouerne. c1592 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta i. ii, in Wks. (Rtldg.) 150/1 The plagues of Egypt, and the curse of heaven..Inflict upon them, thou great Primus Motor! 1617 J. Chamberlain in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) II. 9 Now the primus motor of this feasting, Mr. Comptroller, is taking his leave of this town. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 11 You have said somewhat..concerning the last Parliament, somewhat of the Primus motor, and Divine Intelligence which enliv'd the same. a1709 R. Atkins Parl. & Polit. Tracts (1734) 420 Even in this Action of the Citizens, there is, as in all great Human Actions, the Primus Motor to be considered. 1920 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 89 259/1 The primus motor to the enhancment of prices has always been the creation of an artificial buying capacity. 1992 Mod. Asian Stud. 26 603 Chen Boda..acted as primus motor behind the popularization of the slogan ‘Stress the present and slight the past’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1579
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