principia
See also: principiá
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
principia pl (plural only)
- (archaic) first principles; elementary material
- 1776, Thomas Pownall, in a letter to the economist Adam Smith
- I do really think, that your book […] might become an institute, containing the principia of those laws of motion, by which the system of the human community is framed and doth act […]
- 1833, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “Barbara S——”, in The Last Essays of Elia. […], London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 116:
- They were her principia, her rudiments; the elementary atoms; the little steps by which she pressed forward to perfection.
- 1776, Thomas Pownall, in a letter to the economist Adam Smith
Related terms edit
Italian edit
Verb edit
principia
- inflection of principiare:
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /priːnˈki.pi.a/, [priːŋˈkɪpiä] or IPA(key): /prinˈki.pi.a/, [prɪŋˈkɪpiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /prinˈt͡ʃi.pi.a/, [prin̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːpiä]
Noun edit
prī̆ncipia
References edit
- principia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “principia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “principia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
principia
- inflection of principiar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /pɾinˈθipja/ [pɾĩn̟ˈθi.pja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /pɾinˈsipja/ [pɾĩnˈsi.pja]
- Rhymes: -ipja
- Syllabification: prin‧ci‧pia
Verb edit
principia
- inflection of principiar: