The corpus record — Latin

quamprimum

forthwith

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Where it lives

Adelphi 2 · 2.02/10k
Medea 1 · 1.77/10k
Amores 2 · 1.28/10k
Captivi 1 · 1.16/10k
Suasoriae 1 · 0.97/10k
Phormio 1 · 0.92/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 4 · 0.34/10k
De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k
Controversiae 1 · 0.15/10k
Punica 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

quam -prīmum — Lewis & Short

quam -prīmum (or quam prī-mum),

I forthwith, as soon as possible (class.): hominem istum quam primum absolvitote, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 18: huic mandat, ut ad se quamprimum revertatur, Caes. B. G. 4, 21; Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1: invisam quaerens quam primum abrumpere lucem, Verg. A. 4, 631.—With posse: ut quamprimum possis, redeas, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 88: sed recipe te, quam primum potes, id. Pers. 1, 1, 52.

In the wild

quamprimum Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 19.117.24
quamprimum Terence, Adelphi 3.5
quamprimum Vitruvius, De Architectura 2.pr.1
quamprimum Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 1.2.11
quamprimum Silius Italicus, Punica 13.465
quamprimum Plautus, Captivi 2.3

6 of 15 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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