Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1459.prīncipium on page 1459
latin
page_listing.tpl
page_subListingDetails.tpl
sub_listingDetails_style1.tpl
sub_listingDetails.title.tpl
prīncipium beginning
prīncipium is a Latin Noun that primarily means beginning.
Definitions for prīncipium
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
beginning
English derivatives:
principal principle
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The action or fact of beginning, origination, start, founding. (b) and sim., to begin; to make, permit a beginning. (c) to start with, at first; right from the beginning, from the first.
- 2
The point of time at which a thing begins.
- 3
That from which anything grows or develops, origin; to originate, spring.
Adverb
- 1
In the first place, first.
Sentences with prīncipium
Latin to English
Scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons.Compare Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
Flagiti principium est nudare inter cives corpora. [Ex fabulis icertis]Compare The beginning of shame is baring the body in public.
Declension table for prīncipium
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | prīncipium | prīncipia |
| Gen. | prīncipiī | prīncipiōrum |
| Dat. | prīncipiō | prīncipiīs |
| Acc. | prīncipium | prīncipia |
| Abl. | prīncipiō | prīncipiīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 78.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1459.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119-219.
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "prīncipium, prīncipiī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/principium-principii.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 78.prīncipium, prīncipiī on page 78
