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principionormalized · principio3 analyses · 2 lemmas
Lemma 1prīncĭpĭŭm
nounneuter
beginning
Morphology2 analyses
dative singularprincipi + o · regular
ablative singularprincipi + o · regular
Lewis & Short
princĭpĭum, ii, [princeps]
a beginning, commencement, origin (; : primordia, initium).
: principia ducere ab aliquo, to derive, deduce. — Adverb.: principio, a principio, in principio, at or in the beginning, at first; Ritschl ad h. l. — Rarely of the boundaries of a country or people.
, beginnings, foundations, principles, elements ()
That makes a beginning, that votes first: tribus principium fuit, pro tribu Q. Fabius primus scivit, Lex Thoria.
, a beginner, originator, founder, ancestor (). — Here, too, prob. belongs PRINCIPIA SACRA, Æneas and his successors in Lavinium, ancestors whom the Latins and Romans honored as deities.
In milit. lang.: princĭpĭa, ōrum,
The foremost ranks, the front line of soldiers, the front or van of an army; post principia paulatim recedunt, Sisenn. : deinde ipse paulatim procedere.
The staff-officers, members of the council of war ()
A large open space in a camp, in which were the tents of the general, lieutenants, and tribunes, together with the standards, and where speeches were made and councils held; the general's quarters.
Precedence, preference, the first place.
, selections, selected passages.
, mastery, dominion (), magisterium, magistratus, praesidatus, principium, Gloss. Philox.: in Graeco principii vocabulum, quod est, non tantum ordinativum, sed et potestativum capit principatum.
Lemma 2principio, principiare, principiavi, principiatus
verb
to begin to speak, to begin, commence
Morphology1 analysis
present indicative active 1st singularprincipi + o · regular
Lewis & Short
princĭpĭo, āre, []
to begin to speak, to begin, commence ().
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