protosymbolus

1 protosymbolus [protos < πρῶτος+CL symbolus < σύμβολον, σύμβολος] , chief or foremost symbol or token, ‘Protosymbol’ (as title of Koran). s622 Machometus ‥ in regno Saracenorum quatuor pretores statuit, quos admiralios vocavit; librum autem legem suam continentem prothosimbolum fecit appellari M. Par. Maj. I 272.

2 protosymbolus v. protosymboulos