principium
See also: princípium
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom prī̆nceps (“first, foremost”) + -ium (“suffix forming abstract nouns”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /priːnˈki.pi.um/, [priːŋˈkɪpiʊ̃ˑ] or IPA(key): /prinˈki.pi.um/, [prɪŋˈkɪpiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /prinˈt͡ʃi.pi.um/, [prin̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːpium]
- See the note at prī̆nceps for the length of the vowel in the first syllable.
Noun
editprī̆ncipium n (genitive prī̆ncipiī or prī̆ncipī); second declension
- a beginning, an origin, a commencement
- Synonyms: initium, exordium, prīmōrdium, orīgō, rudīmentum, limen
- Antonym: fīnis
- [90-110], [John] Iōannēs, Biblia [Bible], volume Novum Testāmentum [New Testament] (canonical gospel), Ēvangelium secundum Iōannem [Gospel according to John], chapter 1, verse 1, lines 1–3:
- In prīncipiō erat Verbum,
et Verbum erat apud Deum
et Deus erat Verbum.- In the beginning was the Word,
the Word was with God
and the Word was God. - (literally, “In the beginning was the Word,
the Word was with God
and God was the Word”)
- In the beginning was the Word,
- a groundwork, a foundation, a principle
- (in the plural) the elements, the first principles
- (military, in the plural) the front ranks, camp headquarters
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | prī̆ncipium | prī̆ncipia |
Genitive | prī̆ncipiī prī̆ncipī1 |
prī̆ncipiōrum |
Dative | prī̆ncipiō | prī̆ncipiīs |
Accusative | prī̆ncipium | prī̆ncipia |
Ablative | prī̆ncipiō | prī̆ncipiīs |
Vocative | prī̆ncipium | prī̆ncipia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Asturian: principiu
- → Catalan: principi
- → Galician: principio
- → Italian: principio
- → Old French: principe
- → Portuguese: princípio
- → Romanian: principiu
- → Spanish: principio
Adjective
editprī̆ncipium
See also
edit- Principia Philosophiae on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
References
edit- “principium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “principium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- principium 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)
- principium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the elements: elementa; initia or principia rerum
- to start from false premises: a falsis principiis proficisci
- the elements: elementa; initia or principia rerum
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