prime (subs.) Copy link Outline I. DawnII. The spring of life, time of fullest strength1. expr. by vĭgeo, ui, 2 (to be in full vigour)2. by flōreo, ui, 2 (to be in the youthful bloom or heyday of life)III. The best of anything • prime (subs.): I. Dawn: māne, mātūtīnum tempus: v. morning. II. The spring of life, time of fullest strength: 1. expr. by vĭgeo, ui, 2 (to be in full vigour): our life is in its p., v. aetas, Sall. Cat. 20: cf. Cic. Att. 4, 3, fin., animo vigere (to be in full vigour of mind). 2. by flōreo, ui, 2 (to be in the youthful bloom or heyday of life): Virg. E. 7, 4 (ambo florentes aetatibus): so, florens aetas (youth), Cic. Sen. 6, fin. Phr.: in the very p. of life, integerrima aetate, Cic. Coel. 24, 59: p. of life, is also expr. by bona aetas, id. Sen. 14, 48; and, with somewhat diff. sense, confirmata aetas (maturity), id. Fam. 10, 3. III. The best of anything: flos, rōbur: v. flower (II.).