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Gender Feminine
Usage Roman Mythology, Ancient Roman
Meaning & History
Derived from Latin prīmigenia, the feminine form of the adjective prīmigenius "original, primitive; firstborn", ultimately derived from primus "first" and genus "birth, origin", this was an epithet of the Goddess Fortuna. Primigenia was an Alban vestal of Bovillae, mentioned by Symmachus in two of his letters.