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princĭpĭum (nt. noun II decl.) substantive IN THIS PAGE
princĭpĭum (adv.) adverb

princĭpĭum
neutral noun II declension

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1 start, beginning, origin
2 foundation, the first element, the raw material
3 (in the plural) components, basic principles, atoms
4 creator, author, founder, founder, founder
5 the first place
6 introduction, debut
7 (in the plural) the central square of the camp, headquarters
8 (in the plural) the first ranks of the army deployed
9 (in the plural) staff officers
10 starting position, the starting point
11 record, first place
12 command

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Locutions, idioms and examples

in principio || a or de principio || ab aliquo principium duco = to stem from someone || abrupta principia = sudden beginnings || a principio ordiamur = we start from the beginning || bene habent tibi principia || ab Iove principium, Musae = I shall begin from Jupiter, oh Muse || a principio ex quo = from the first moment that || apud principium pontis || Cato a quo Porciae familiae principia manarunt (= manaverunt) || a principiis exordiar et laudandi et vituperandi = I will start from the beginning as well as merit and blame || a primo (or a primis or ab initio or ab initiis or a principio or de principio) = from the beginning || a sanguine Teucri duco principium = to originate from the blood of Teucer blood || ab aevi sors mea principiis fuit inrequieta = since the beginning of my life, my destiny was always to know unrest || ab ultimo principio huius praeceptionis = from the very fisrt beginnings of this teaching || vocis levor principiorum levore creatur || a principiis ascendit motus et exit nostros ad sensus = from the beginnings (=atoms) movement grows and becomes perceptible to our senses || causis principia pro portione rerum praepono || e principio oriuntur omnia, ipsum autem nulla ex re alia nasci potest