and ancestor of the Romans

Dardănus, i, m., Dardanos.

The son of Jupiter and Electra of Arcadia, founder of the city Dardania, in Troas, and ancestor of the royal race of Troy, Att. ap. Schol. Bern. ad Verg. G. 1, 502 (v. 653 Ribb.); Verg. A. 8, 134 Serv.; 6, 650; 3, 167 al.; cf. Heyne Verg. A. 3 Excurs. 6; Lact. 1, 23, 3: acc. Dardanon, Ov. F. 4, 31. —

Hence,

Dardănus, a, um, adj., Dardanian, poet. for Trojan:

praeda,

Prop. 1, 19, 14:

puppis,

i. e. of Aeneas, id. 4, 1, 40 (5, 1, 40 M.):

arma,

Verg. A. 2, 618:

pubes,

id. ib. 5, 119:

gens,

Hor. Od. 1, 15, 10:

Troja,

Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 4; also for Roman, as the Romans were descendants of Aeneas:

ductor,

i. e. the Roman, Scipio Africanus, Sil. 1, 14.—

Dardănĭus, a, um, adj., Dardanian, poet. for Trojan:

gentes, Att. ap. Apul. de Deo Soc. 24 (v. 523 Ribbeck): gens,

Verg. A. 1, 602:

Aeneae,

id. ib. 1, 494; 6, 169; cf.

carinae,

i. e. of Aeneas, id. ib. 4, 658;

and pinus, the same,

Ov. F. 1, 519:

Anchisae,

Verg. A. 1, 617; 9, 647:

Iulus (son of Aeneas),

Ov. M. 15, 767:

Roma,

id. ib. 15, 431:

vates,

i. e. Helenus, id. ib. 13, 335:

advena,

i. e. Paris, id. H. 8, 42:

senex,

i. e. Priam, id. Tr. 3, 5, 38:

triumphus,

Prop. 2, 14, 1 (3, 6, 1 M):

minister,

i. e. Ganymedes, Mart. 11, 104, et saep.—

Subst.: Dardănia, ae, f.,

the city Dardania, founded by Dardanus on the Hellespont, S. W. of Abydos (whence its mod. name, the Dardanelles), Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 25. Oftener, esp. in Vergil,

poet. for Troja, Verg. A. 2, 281; 325; 3, 52; Ov. H. 16, 57.—

Dardănĭdes, ae, m., son or descendant of Dardanus:

Ilus,

Ov. F. 6, 419.— Absol. for Aeneas, Verg. A. 10, 545; 12, 775.—In plur. for Trojan:

pastores,

id. ib. 2, 59.— Absol. for Trojans, id. ib. 2, 72; 445 et saep.—

Dardănis, ĭdis, f., adj., Dardanian, poet. for Trojan:

matres,

Ov. M. 13, 412:

nurus,

id. H. 16, 194; 17, 212:

Caieta (founded by Trojans),

Mart. 10, 30.— Absol. for Creüsa, Verg. A. 2, 787.

A magician of Phoenicia, Plin. 30, 1, 2, § 9; App. Mag. p. 331, 14.—Hence,

Dardănius, a, um, adj., of Dardanus: poet. for Magic, artes, Col. 10, 358.

A Stoic philosopher otherwise unknown, Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69.

Dardănus, a, um; v. the preceding art. no. I. B. 1.

Dardănus, i, m., Dardanos.

The son of Jupiter and Electra of Arcadia, founder of the city Dardania, in Troas, and ancestor of the royal race of Troy, Att. ap. Schol. Bern. ad Verg. G. 1, 502 (v. 653 Ribb.); Verg. A. 8, 134 Serv.; 6, 650; 3, 167 al.; cf. Heyne Verg. A. 3 Excurs. 6; Lact. 1, 23, 3: acc. Dardanon, Ov. F. 4, 31. —

Hence,

Dardănus, a, um, adj., Dardanian, poet. for Trojan:

praeda,

Prop. 1, 19, 14:

puppis,

i. e. of Aeneas, id. 4, 1, 40 (5, 1, 40 M.):

arma,

Verg. A. 2, 618:

pubes,

id. ib. 5, 119:

gens,

Hor. Od. 1, 15, 10:

Troja,

Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 4; also for Roman, as the Romans were descendants of Aeneas:

ductor,

i. e. the Roman, Scipio Africanus, Sil. 1, 14.—

Dardănĭus, a, um, adj., Dardanian, poet. for Trojan:

gentes, Att. ap. Apul. de Deo Soc. 24 (v. 523 Ribbeck): gens,

Verg. A. 1, 602:

Aeneae,

id. ib. 1, 494; 6, 169; cf.

carinae,

i. e. of Aeneas, id. ib. 4, 658;

and pinus, the same,

Ov. F. 1, 519:

Anchisae,

Verg. A. 1, 617; 9, 647:

Iulus (son of Aeneas),

Ov. M. 15, 767:

Roma,

id. ib. 15, 431:

vates,

i. e. Helenus, id. ib. 13, 335:

advena,

i. e. Paris, id. H. 8, 42:

senex,

i. e. Priam, id. Tr. 3, 5, 38:

triumphus,

Prop. 2, 14, 1 (3, 6, 1 M):

minister,

i. e. Ganymedes, Mart. 11, 104, et saep.—

Subst.: Dardănia, ae, f.,

the city Dardania, founded by Dardanus on the Hellespont, S. W. of Abydos (whence its mod. name, the Dardanelles), Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 25. Oftener, esp. in Vergil,

poet. for Troja, Verg. A. 2, 281; 325; 3, 52; Ov. H. 16, 57.—

Dardănĭdes, ae, m., son or descendant of Dardanus:

Ilus,

Ov. F. 6, 419.— Absol. for Aeneas, Verg. A. 10, 545; 12, 775.—In plur. for Trojan:

pastores,

id. ib. 2, 59.— Absol. for Trojans, id. ib. 2, 72; 445 et saep.—

Dardănis, ĭdis, f., adj., Dardanian, poet. for Trojan:

matres,

Ov. M. 13, 412:

nurus,

id. H. 16, 194; 17, 212:

Caieta (founded by Trojans),

Mart. 10, 30.— Absol. for Creüsa, Verg. A. 2, 787.

A magician of Phoenicia, Plin. 30, 1, 2, § 9; App. Mag. p. 331, 14.—Hence,

Dardănius, a, um, adj., of Dardanus: poet. for Magic, artes, Col. 10, 358.

A Stoic philosopher otherwise unknown, Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69.

Dardănus, a, um; v. the preceding art. no. I. B. 1.

Dardănus, i, m., Dardanos.

The son of Jupiter and Electra of Arcadia, founder of the city Dardania, in Troas, and ancestor of the royal race of Troy, Att. ap. Schol. Bern. ad Verg. G. 1, 502 (v. 653 Ribb.); Verg. A. 8, 134 Serv.; 6, 650; 3, 167 al.; cf. Heyne Verg. A. 3 Excurs. 6; Lact. 1, 23, 3: acc. Dardanon, Ov. F. 4, 31. —

Hence,

Dardănus, a, um, adj., Dardanian, poet. for Trojan:

praeda,

Prop. 1, 19, 14:

puppis,

i. e. of Aeneas, id. 4, 1, 40 (5, 1, 40 M.):

arma,

Verg. A. 2, 618:

pubes,

id. ib. 5, 119:

gens,

Hor. Od. 1, 15, 10:

Troja,

Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 4; also for Roman, as the Romans were descendants of Aeneas:

ductor,

i. e. the Roman, Scipio Africanus, Sil. 1, 14.—

Dardănĭus, a, um, adj., Dardanian, poet. for Trojan:

gentes, Att. ap. Apul. de Deo Soc. 24 (v. 523 Ribbeck): gens,

Verg. A. 1, 602:

Aeneae,

id. ib. 1, 494; 6, 169; cf.

carinae,

i. e. of Aeneas, id. ib. 4, 658;

and pinus, the same,

Ov. F. 1, 519:

Anchisae,

Verg. A. 1, 617; 9, 647:

Iulus (son of Aeneas),

Ov. M. 15, 767:

Roma,

id. ib. 15, 431:

vates,

i. e. Helenus, id. ib. 13, 335:

advena,

i. e. Paris, id. H. 8, 42:

senex,

i. e. Priam, id. Tr. 3, 5, 38:

triumphus,

Prop. 2, 14, 1 (3, 6, 1 M):

minister,

i. e. Ganymedes, Mart. 11, 104, et saep.—

Subst.: Dardănia, ae, f.,

the city Dardania, founded by Dardanus on the Hellespont, S. W. of Abydos (whence its mod. name, the Dardanelles), Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 25. Oftener, esp. in Vergil,

poet. for Troja, Verg. A. 2, 281; 325; 3, 52; Ov. H. 16, 57.—

Dardănĭdes, ae, m., son or descendant of Dardanus:

Ilus,

Ov. F. 6, 419.— Absol. for Aeneas, Verg. A. 10, 545; 12, 775.—In plur. for Trojan:

pastores,

id. ib. 2, 59.— Absol. for Trojans, id. ib. 2, 72; 445 et saep.—

Dardănis, ĭdis, f., adj., Dardanian, poet. for Trojan:

matres,

Ov. M. 13, 412:

nurus,

id. H. 16, 194; 17, 212:

Caieta (founded by Trojans),

Mart. 10, 30.— Absol. for Creüsa, Verg. A. 2, 787.

A magician of Phoenicia, Plin. 30, 1, 2, § 9; App. Mag. p. 331, 14.—Hence,

Dardănius, a, um, adj., of Dardanus: poet. for Magic, artes, Col. 10, 358.

A Stoic philosopher otherwise unknown, Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69.

Dardănus, a, um; v. the preceding art. no. I. B. 1.

Dardănus, i, m., Dardanos.

The son of Jupiter and Electra of Arcadia, founder of the city Dardania, in Troas, and ancestor of the royal race of Troy, Att. ap. Schol. Bern. ad Verg. G. 1, 502 (v. 653 Ribb.); Verg. A. 8, 134 Serv.; 6, 650; 3, 167 al.; cf. Heyne Verg. A. 3 Excurs. 6; Lact. 1, 23, 3: acc. Dardanon, Ov. F. 4, 31. —

Hence,

Dardănus, a, um, adj., Dardanian, poet. for Trojan:

praeda,

Prop. 1, 19, 14:

puppis,

i. e. of Aeneas, id. 4, 1, 40 (5, 1, 40 M.):

arma,

Verg. A. 2, 618:

pubes,

id. ib. 5, 119:

gens,

Hor. Od. 1, 15, 10:

Troja,

Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 4; also for Roman, as the Romans were descendants of Aeneas:

ductor,

i. e. the Roman, Scipio Africanus, Sil. 1, 14.—

Dardănĭus, a, um, adj., Dardanian, poet. for Trojan:

gentes, Att. ap. Apul. de Deo Soc. 24 (v. 523 Ribbeck): gens,

Verg. A. 1, 602:

Aeneae,

id. ib. 1, 494; 6, 169; cf.

carinae,

i. e. of Aeneas, id. ib. 4, 658;

and pinus, the same,

Ov. F. 1, 519:

Anchisae,

Verg. A. 1, 617; 9, 647:

Iulus (son of Aeneas),

Ov. M. 15, 767:

Roma,

id. ib. 15, 431:

vates,

i. e. Helenus, id. ib. 13, 335:

advena,

i. e. Paris, id. H. 8, 42:

senex,

i. e. Priam, id. Tr. 3, 5, 38:

triumphus,

Prop. 2, 14, 1 (3, 6, 1 M):

minister,

i. e. Ganymedes, Mart. 11, 104, et saep.—

Subst.: Dardănia, ae, f.,

the city Dardania, founded by Dardanus on the Hellespont, S. W. of Abydos (whence its mod. name, the Dardanelles), Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 25. Oftener, esp. in Vergil,

poet. for Troja, Verg. A. 2, 281; 325; 3, 52; Ov. H. 16, 57.—

Dardănĭdes, ae, m., son or descendant of Dardanus:

Ilus,

Ov. F. 6, 419.— Absol. for Aeneas, Verg. A. 10, 545; 12, 775.—In plur. for Trojan:

pastores,

id. ib. 2, 59.— Absol. for Trojans, id. ib. 2, 72; 445 et saep.—

Dardănis, ĭdis, f., adj., Dardanian, poet. for Trojan:

matres,

Ov. M. 13, 412:

nurus,

id. H. 16, 194; 17, 212:

Caieta (founded by Trojans),

Mart. 10, 30.— Absol. for Creüsa, Verg. A. 2, 787.

A magician of Phoenicia, Plin. 30, 1, 2, § 9; App. Mag. p. 331, 14.—Hence,

Dardănius, a, um, adj., of Dardanus: poet. for Magic, artes, Col. 10, 358.

A Stoic philosopher otherwise unknown, Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69.

Dardănus, a, um; v. the preceding art. no. I. B. 1.

rēmus, i, m. [eretmos], an oar.

Lit., Plaut. As. 3, 1, 16:

ut retinet navis cursum, intermisso impetu pulsuque remorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 153; Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

remis navem incitare,

id. ib. 3, 14;

4, 25: remis contendere,

id. ib. 5, 8; Verg. A. 1, 104; 552; Hor. Epod. 10, 6; id. A. P. 65:

incumbere remis,

Verg. A. 10, 294:

remis insurgere,

id. ib. 3, 207;

560: inpellere aequora remis,

Ov. M. 3, 657.—Prov.: remis velisque, velis remisque, remis ventisque; also, ventis remis, with sails and oars, i. e. with all one ' s might, with all possible speed:

ita citi remis velisque impellite puppim,

Sil. 1, 568:

res omni contentione, velis, ut ita dicam, remisque fugienda,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 25:

laevam cuncta cohors remis ventisque petivit,

Verg. A. 3, 563:

inde ventis remis in patriam omni festinatione properavi,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3 (cf.:

remigio veloque festinare,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 5).—

Poet., transf., of the wings of birds:

alarum,

Ov. M. 5, 558:

pennarum (Icari),

Sil. 12, 98.—

Of the hands and feet of a swimmer,

Ov. H. 18, 215.—

Trop.:

quaerebam, utrum panderem vela orationis statim, an eam ante paululum dialecticorum remis propellerem,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 9 (shortly before, remigare; opp. vela facere).

Rĕmus, i, m., the brother of Romulus, Liv. 1, 5; 1, 7; Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4; id. Div. 2, 38, 80; Verg. G. 2, 533; Ov. F. 3, 41; 4, 56; 5, 464.—In the poets, as the ancestor of the Romans, instead of the more usual Romulus:

glubit magnanimos Remi nepotes,

Cat. 58, 6:

turba,

Juv. 10, 73 Rupert.:

plebs,

Mart. 10, 76, 4:

regna prima Remi,

Prop. 2, 1, 23:

domus,

id. 4 (5), 1, 9:

culmina,

Stat. S. 2, 7, 60:

signa,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 80.

Rēmus, v. Remi, I.

rēmus, i, m. [eretmos], an oar.

Lit., Plaut. As. 3, 1, 16:

ut retinet navis cursum, intermisso impetu pulsuque remorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 153; Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

remis navem incitare,

id. ib. 3, 14;

4, 25: remis contendere,

id. ib. 5, 8; Verg. A. 1, 104; 552; Hor. Epod. 10, 6; id. A. P. 65:

incumbere remis,

Verg. A. 10, 294:

remis insurgere,

id. ib. 3, 207;

560: inpellere aequora remis,

Ov. M. 3, 657.—Prov.: remis velisque, velis remisque, remis ventisque; also, ventis remis, with sails and oars, i. e. with all one ' s might, with all possible speed:

ita citi remis velisque impellite puppim,

Sil. 1, 568:

res omni contentione, velis, ut ita dicam, remisque fugienda,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 25:

laevam cuncta cohors remis ventisque petivit,

Verg. A. 3, 563:

inde ventis remis in patriam omni festinatione properavi,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3 (cf.:

remigio veloque festinare,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 5).—

Poet., transf., of the wings of birds:

alarum,

Ov. M. 5, 558:

pennarum (Icari),

Sil. 12, 98.—

Of the hands and feet of a swimmer,

Ov. H. 18, 215.—

Trop.:

quaerebam, utrum panderem vela orationis statim, an eam ante paululum dialecticorum remis propellerem,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 9 (shortly before, remigare; opp. vela facere).

Rĕmus, i, m., the brother of Romulus, Liv. 1, 5; 1, 7; Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4; id. Div. 2, 38, 80; Verg. G. 2, 533; Ov. F. 3, 41; 4, 56; 5, 464.—In the poets, as the ancestor of the Romans, instead of the more usual Romulus:

glubit magnanimos Remi nepotes,

Cat. 58, 6:

turba,

Juv. 10, 73 Rupert.:

plebs,

Mart. 10, 76, 4:

regna prima Remi,

Prop. 2, 1, 23:

domus,

id. 4 (5), 1, 9:

culmina,

Stat. S. 2, 7, 60:

signa,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 80.

Rēmus, v. Remi, I.

princĭpĭum, ii, n. [princeps], a beginning, commencement, origin (class.; syn.: primordia, initium).

In gen.:

origo principii nulla est: nam ex principio oriuntur omnia,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54:

quid est cujus principium aliquod sit, nihil sit extremum?

id. N. D. 1, 8, 20:

nec principium, nec finem habere,

id. Sen. 21, 78:

cujus criminis neque principium invenire, neque evolvere exitum possum,

id. Cael. 23, 56:

hic fons, hoc principium est movendi,

id. Rep. 6, 25, 27:

bellorum atque imperiorum,

id. Balb. 3, 9:

principium pontis,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

principio lucis,

at daybreak, Amm. 25, 5, 1:

in principiis dicendi,

at the commencement of a speech, Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121;

so of a declaration in a lawsuit,

Juv. 6, 245:

suave quoddam principium dicendi,

Amm. 30, 4, 19: principia ducere ab aliquo, to derive, deduce:

omnium rerum magnarum principia a dis immortalibus ducuntur,

id. Vatin. 6, 14:

principium urbis,

id. Off. 1, 17, 54:

scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons,

Hor. A. P. 309:

omne principium huc refer,

id. C. 3, 6, 6:

a Jove principium,

Verg. E. 3, 60:

anni,

Liv. 1, 4:

a sanguine Teucri Ducere principium,

Ov. M. 13, 705:

capessere,

to begin, Tac. A. 15, 49.—Adverb.: principio, a principio, in principio, at or in the beginning, at first:

principio... postea, etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 35, 75:

principio generi animantium omni est a naturā tributum, ut se tueatur,

id. Off. 1, 4, 11; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; id. Fin. 1, 6, 17; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 39; id. And. 3, 3, 38; Verg. A. 6, 214; Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; so,

a principio: ac vellem a principio te audissem, etc.,

id. Att. 7, 1, 2:

dixeram a principio, de re publicā ut sileremus,

id. Brut. 42, 157:

in principio,

id. de Or. 1, 48, 210:

principio ut,

as soon as, Plaut. Merc. prol. 40; v. Ritschl ad h. l.— Rarely of the boundaries of a country or people:

adusque principia Carmanorum,

Amm. 23, 6, 74.—

In partic.

Plur., beginnings, foundations, principles, elements (class.):

bene provisa et diligenter explorata principia ponantur,

Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 37:

juris,

id. ib. 1, 6, 18:

naturae,

id. Off. 3, 12, 52;

for which: principia naturalia,

id. Fin. 3, 5, 17; cf. id. ib. 2, 11, 35:

principia rerum, ex quibus omnia constant,

first principles, elements, id. Ac. 2, 36, 117.—

Prov.: obsta principiis (cf. the French: ce n'est que le premier pas qui coute),

Ov. R. Am. 91.—

That makes a beginning, that votes first: tribus principium fuit, pro tribu Q. Fabius primus scivit, Lex Thoria, Rudorff. p. 142; Lex Appar. ap. Haubold, Moment. Leg. p. 85; Plebissc. ap. Front. Aquaed. 129:

Faucia curia fuit principium,

was the first to vote, Liv. 9, 38 fin. —

In gen., a beginner, originator, founder, ancestor ( poet.):

Graecia principium moris fuit,

Ov. F. 2, 37:

mihi Belus avorum Principium,

ancestor, progenitor, Sil. 15, 748.—Here, too, prob. belongs PRINCIPIA SACRA, Æneas and [p. 1446] his successors in Lavinium, ancestors whom the Latins and Romans honored as deities, Inscr. Orell. 2276.—

In milit. lang.: princĭpĭa, ōrum, n.

The foremost ranks, the front line of soldiers, the front or van of an army:

post principia,

behind the front, Liv. 2, 65; cf.:

hic ero post principia, inde omnibus signum dabo,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 11: post principia paulatim recedunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 135, 31: deinde ipse paulatim procedere;

Marium post principia habere,

Sall. J. 50, 2:

traversis principiis, in planum deducit,

id. ib. 49, 6:

equites post principia collocat,

Liv. 3, 22; Tac. H. 2, 43. —

The staff-officers, members of the council of war (post-class.):

mittere principia,

Front. Strat. 2, 5, 30:

a principiis salutari,

Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10:

advocatis legionum principiis et turmarum,

Amm. 25, 5, 1; Cod. 12, 47, 1.—

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:

jura reddere in principiis,

Liv. 28, 24:

in principiis ac praetorio in unum sermones confundi,

id. 7, 12:

castrorum,

Just. 11, 6, 6:

in castris,

Varr. R. R. 3, 4, 1:

in principiis statuit tabernaculum, eoque omnes cotidie convenire (jussit), ut ibi de summis rebus consilia caperentur,

Nep. Eum. 7, 2; Suet. Oth. 1; 6; Flor. 3, 10, 12:

primores centurionum et paucos militum in principia vocat,

Tac. H. 3, 13; 1, 48; Dig. 49, 16, 12; cf. Front. Strat. 4, 1, 16.—

Precedence, preference, the first place:

principium ergo, columenque omnium rerum preti margaritae tenent,

Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 106. —

Plur., selections, selected passages:

principiorum libri circumferuntur, quia existimatur pars aliqua etiam sine ceteris esse perfecta,

Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 12.—

In partic., mastery, dominion (post-class.): archê, magisterium, magistratus, praesidatus, principium, Gloss. Philox.: in Graeco principii vocabulum, quod est archê, non tantum ordinativum, sed et potestativum capit principatum, Tert. adv. Hermog. 19.

princĭpĭum, ii, n. [princeps], a beginning, commencement, origin (class.; syn.: primordia, initium).

In gen.:

origo principii nulla est: nam ex principio oriuntur omnia,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54:

quid est cujus principium aliquod sit, nihil sit extremum?

id. N. D. 1, 8, 20:

nec principium, nec finem habere,

id. Sen. 21, 78:

cujus criminis neque principium invenire, neque evolvere exitum possum,

id. Cael. 23, 56:

hic fons, hoc principium est movendi,

id. Rep. 6, 25, 27:

bellorum atque imperiorum,

id. Balb. 3, 9:

principium pontis,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

principio lucis,

at daybreak, Amm. 25, 5, 1:

in principiis dicendi,

at the commencement of a speech, Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121;

so of a declaration in a lawsuit,

Juv. 6, 245:

suave quoddam principium dicendi,

Amm. 30, 4, 19: principia ducere ab aliquo, to derive, deduce:

omnium rerum magnarum principia a dis immortalibus ducuntur,

id. Vatin. 6, 14:

principium urbis,

id. Off. 1, 17, 54:

scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons,

Hor. A. P. 309:

omne principium huc refer,

id. C. 3, 6, 6:

a Jove principium,

Verg. E. 3, 60:

anni,

Liv. 1, 4:

a sanguine Teucri Ducere principium,

Ov. M. 13, 705:

capessere,

to begin, Tac. A. 15, 49.—Adverb.: principio, a principio, in principio, at or in the beginning, at first:

principio... postea, etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 35, 75:

principio generi animantium omni est a naturā tributum, ut se tueatur,

id. Off. 1, 4, 11; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; id. Fin. 1, 6, 17; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 39; id. And. 3, 3, 38; Verg. A. 6, 214; Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; so,

a principio: ac vellem a principio te audissem, etc.,

id. Att. 7, 1, 2:

dixeram a principio, de re publicā ut sileremus,

id. Brut. 42, 157:

in principio,

id. de Or. 1, 48, 210:

principio ut,

as soon as, Plaut. Merc. prol. 40; v. Ritschl ad h. l.— Rarely of the boundaries of a country or people:

adusque principia Carmanorum,

Amm. 23, 6, 74.—

In partic.

Plur., beginnings, foundations, principles, elements (class.):

bene provisa et diligenter explorata principia ponantur,

Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 37:

juris,

id. ib. 1, 6, 18:

naturae,

id. Off. 3, 12, 52;

for which: principia naturalia,

id. Fin. 3, 5, 17; cf. id. ib. 2, 11, 35:

principia rerum, ex quibus omnia constant,

first principles, elements, id. Ac. 2, 36, 117.—

Prov.: obsta principiis (cf. the French: ce n'est que le premier pas qui coute),

Ov. R. Am. 91.—

That makes a beginning, that votes first: tribus principium fuit, pro tribu Q. Fabius primus scivit, Lex Thoria, Rudorff. p. 142; Lex Appar. ap. Haubold, Moment. Leg. p. 85; Plebissc. ap. Front. Aquaed. 129:

Faucia curia fuit principium,

was the first to vote, Liv. 9, 38 fin. —

In gen., a beginner, originator, founder, ancestor ( poet.):

Graecia principium moris fuit,

Ov. F. 2, 37:

mihi Belus avorum Principium,

ancestor, progenitor, Sil. 15, 748.—Here, too, prob. belongs PRINCIPIA SACRA, Æneas and [p. 1446] his successors in Lavinium, ancestors whom the Latins and Romans honored as deities, Inscr. Orell. 2276.—

In milit. lang.: princĭpĭa, ōrum, n.

The foremost ranks, the front line of soldiers, the front or van of an army:

post principia,

behind the front, Liv. 2, 65; cf.:

hic ero post principia, inde omnibus signum dabo,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 11: post principia paulatim recedunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 135, 31: deinde ipse paulatim procedere;

Marium post principia habere,

Sall. J. 50, 2:

traversis principiis, in planum deducit,

id. ib. 49, 6:

equites post principia collocat,

Liv. 3, 22; Tac. H. 2, 43. —

The staff-officers, members of the council of war (post-class.):

mittere principia,

Front. Strat. 2, 5, 30:

a principiis salutari,

Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10:

advocatis legionum principiis et turmarum,

Amm. 25, 5, 1; Cod. 12, 47, 1.—

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:

jura reddere in principiis,

Liv. 28, 24:

in principiis ac praetorio in unum sermones confundi,

id. 7, 12:

castrorum,

Just. 11, 6, 6:

in castris,

Varr. R. R. 3, 4, 1:

in principiis statuit tabernaculum, eoque omnes cotidie convenire (jussit), ut ibi de summis rebus consilia caperentur,

Nep. Eum. 7, 2; Suet. Oth. 1; 6; Flor. 3, 10, 12:

primores centurionum et paucos militum in principia vocat,

Tac. H. 3, 13; 1, 48; Dig. 49, 16, 12; cf. Front. Strat. 4, 1, 16.—

Precedence, preference, the first place:

principium ergo, columenque omnium rerum preti margaritae tenent,

Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 106. —

Plur., selections, selected passages:

principiorum libri circumferuntur, quia existimatur pars aliqua etiam sine ceteris esse perfecta,

Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 12.—

In partic., mastery, dominion (post-class.): archê, magisterium, magistratus, praesidatus, principium, Gloss. Philox.: in Graeco principii vocabulum, quod est archê, non tantum ordinativum, sed et potestativum capit principatum, Tert. adv. Hermog. 19.

Pallăs, ădis and ădos, f., = Pallas.

Surname of the Greek goddess Athene, and hence of the corresponding Minerva of the Romans, the goddess of war and wisdom; the inventress of working in wool, and of the cultivation of the olive, on which account the olive-tree was sacred to her:

Pallas Minerva est dicta, quod Pallantem Gigantem interfecerit, vel, sicut putabant, quod in Pallante palude nata est,

Fest. p. 220 Müll.:

Pallas... Proeliis audax,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 20; Ov. M. 5, 263:

Palladis ales,

the owl, Ov. F. 2, 89:

Pallados arbor,

the olive-tree, id. A. A. 2, 518; cf.:

rami Palladis,

Verg. A. 7, 154:

iratā Pallade, i. q. invitā Minervā,

Ov. F. 3, 826.—

Transf.

Oil:

infusā Pallade,

Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 4:

pinguis,

id. H. 19, 44.—

The olive-tree:

dat quoque baciferam Pallada rarus ager,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 8.—

The Palladium:

Helenum raptā cum Pallade captum,

Ov. M. 13, 99:

Pallade conspectā,

id. Tr. 2, 293.—

The number seven, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6; Mart. Cap. 7, § 738.—

For Vesta, because the Palladium stood in the temple of Vesta: Pallados ignes, Prop 4 (5), 4, 45.—

Deriv.

Pallădĭus, a, um, adj., = Palladios, of or belonging to Pallas, Palladian:

numen Palladium,

i. e. Pallas, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 12:

aegis,

of Pallas, Luc. 7, 570:

Palladiā gaudent silvā vivacis olivae,

Verg. G. 2, 181;

latices,

oil, Ov. M. 8, 275:

corona,

an olive-wreath, id. A. A. 1, 727:

arx,

Troy, Prop. 3, 7 (4, 8), 42:

arces,

Athens, Ov. M. 7, 399:

honores,

shown to Pallas, id. H. 17, 133: pinus, the Argo, because built under Minerva's direction, Val. Fl. 1, 475:

metus,

inspired by Pallas, id. 6, 408: forum, the Roman forum, because there stood a temple of Minerva, Mart. 1, 3, 8:

Palladia Alba, because Domitian caused the Quinquatria in honor of Pallas to be annually celebrated there,

id. 5, 1, 1; cf. Suet. Dom. 4:

Palladia Tolosa, because the sciences flourished there,

Mart. 9, 100, 3:

manus,

i. e. skilful, Stat. S. 1, 1, 5:

ars,

Mart. 6, 13, 2:

lotos,

the flute, id. 8, 51, 14.—

Subst.: Pallădĭum, ii, n., the image or statue of Pallas, which, in the reign of Ilus, fell from heaven at Troy, and during the Trojan war was carried off by Ulysses and Diomed, because the fate of the city depended on the possession of this image. It afterwards came from Greece to Rome, where Metellus saved it from the temple of Vesta when the latter was burned down, Verg. A. 2, 166; Sil. 9, 531; Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 29; Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 227; Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24; id. Scaur. 2, 48; Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 141; cf. Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 1 sq.; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 31.

Pallas, antis (voc. Pallā, Verg. A. 10, 411 al.; also Pallas and Pallan, acc. to Prisc. p. 702), m., = Pallas, the name of several mythic and historical personages.

Son of Pandion, the father of the fifth Minerva, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59; Ov. M. 7, 500.—

A king of Arcadia, the great-grandfather of Evander, Verg. A. 8, 54 Serv.—

Son of Evander, Verg. A. 8, 104.—

One of the giants, Claud. Gigant. 94; Fest. s. v Pallas, p. 220.—

A freedman of the emperor Claudius, proverbial for his wealth; slain by Nero, Plin. Ep. 7, 29; 8, 6; Tac. A. 12, 53; Juv. 1, 109; Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 134.—

Derivv.

Pallantēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pallas (the ancestor of Evander), Pallantian: moenia Pallantea, i. e. of the city of Pallanteum, in Italy (v. in the foll.), Verg. A. 9, 196 and 241:

apex,

of the Palatine, Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 644. —

Subst.: Pallantēum, i, n.

A city in Arcadia, the residence of Pallas, Liv. 1, 5 init.; Just. 43, 1.—

The city founded by Evander in Italy, on the site where Rome afterwards stood, Verg. A. 8, 54; 341.—

Pallantĭăs, ădis, f., Aurora, so called because descended from Hyperion, the uncle of the giant Pallas, Ov. F. 4, 373; id. M. 9, 420.—

Pallantis, ĭdos and ĭdis, f., Aurora (v. Pallantias, supra), Ov. M 15, 700.— Transf., the day, Ov. F. 6, 567.—

Pallantĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pallas, Pallantian:

Pallantius heros,

i. e. Evander, Ov. F. 5, 647.

Daunus, i, m., Daunos, a fabulous king over a part of Apulia (whence it obtained the appellation Daunia), father (or ancestor) of Turnus, and father-in-law of Diomedes, Verg. A. 10, 616; 688; 12, 22 al.; Hor. Od. 3, 30, 11; 4, 14, 26; Ov. M. 14, 458; 510; id. F. 4, 76; Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 103; Paul. ex Fest. p. 69, 1 Müll.—

Hence,

Dau-nĭus, a, um, adj., Daunian:

heros,

i. e. Turnus, Verg. A. 12, 723:

gens,

i. e. the Rutulians governed by Turnus, id. ib. 8, 146:

dea,

i. e. Juturna, sister of Turnus, id. ib. 12, 785:

caedes,

i. e. of the Romans (pars pro toto), Hor. Od. 2, 1, 34; cf.

Camena,

i. e. Roman, id. ib. 4, 6, 27:

bulbus (an excellent kind growing in Apulia),

Ov. R. Am. 797; cf. Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 95.—

Subst.: Daunii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Apulia Daunia, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 103;

called also Dauni,

Mel. 2, 4, 2.—

Daunĭăcus a, um, adj., Daunian, for Apulian:

campi,

Sil. 12, 429.—

Dau-nĭas, ădis, f., the province Daunia, poet. for Apulia:

militaris,

Hor. Od. 1, 22, 14.

Daunus, i, m., Daunos, a fabulous king over a part of Apulia (whence it obtained the appellation Daunia), father (or ancestor) of Turnus, and father-in-law of Diomedes, Verg. A. 10, 616; 688; 12, 22 al.; Hor. Od. 3, 30, 11; 4, 14, 26; Ov. M. 14, 458; 510; id. F. 4, 76; Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 103; Paul. ex Fest. p. 69, 1 Müll.—

Hence,

Dau-nĭus, a, um, adj., Daunian:

heros,

i. e. Turnus, Verg. A. 12, 723:

gens,

i. e. the Rutulians governed by Turnus, id. ib. 8, 146:

dea,

i. e. Juturna, sister of Turnus, id. ib. 12, 785:

caedes,

i. e. of the Romans (pars pro toto), Hor. Od. 2, 1, 34; cf.

Camena,

i. e. Roman, id. ib. 4, 6, 27:

bulbus (an excellent kind growing in Apulia),

Ov. R. Am. 797; cf. Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 95.—

Subst.: Daunii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Apulia Daunia, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 103;

called also Dauni,

Mel. 2, 4, 2.—

Daunĭăcus a, um, adj., Daunian, for Apulian:

campi,

Sil. 12, 429.—

Dau-nĭas, ădis, f., the province Daunia, poet. for Apulia:

militaris,

Hor. Od. 1, 22, 14.

Daunus, i, m., Daunos, a fabulous king over a part of Apulia (whence it obtained the appellation Daunia), father (or ancestor) of Turnus, and father-in-law of Diomedes, Verg. A. 10, 616; 688; 12, 22 al.; Hor. Od. 3, 30, 11; 4, 14, 26; Ov. M. 14, 458; 510; id. F. 4, 76; Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 103; Paul. ex Fest. p. 69, 1 Müll.—

Hence,

Dau-nĭus, a, um, adj., Daunian:

heros,

i. e. Turnus, Verg. A. 12, 723:

gens,

i. e. the Rutulians governed by Turnus, id. ib. 8, 146:

dea,

i. e. Juturna, sister of Turnus, id. ib. 12, 785:

caedes,

i. e. of the Romans (pars pro toto), Hor. Od. 2, 1, 34; cf.

Camena,

i. e. Roman, id. ib. 4, 6, 27:

bulbus (an excellent kind growing in Apulia),

Ov. R. Am. 797; cf. Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 95.—

Subst.: Daunii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Apulia Daunia, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 103;

called also Dauni,

Mel. 2, 4, 2.—

Daunĭăcus a, um, adj., Daunian, for Apulian:

campi,

Sil. 12, 429.—

Dau-nĭas, ădis, f., the province Daunia, poet. for Apulia:

militaris,

Hor. Od. 1, 22, 14.

Daunus, i, m., Daunos, a fabulous king over a part of Apulia (whence it obtained the appellation Daunia), father (or ancestor) of Turnus, and father-in-law of Diomedes, Verg. A. 10, 616; 688; 12, 22 al.; Hor. Od. 3, 30, 11; 4, 14, 26; Ov. M. 14, 458; 510; id. F. 4, 76; Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 103; Paul. ex Fest. p. 69, 1 Müll.—

Hence,

Dau-nĭus, a, um, adj., Daunian:

heros,

i. e. Turnus, Verg. A. 12, 723:

gens,

i. e. the Rutulians governed by Turnus, id. ib. 8, 146:

dea,

i. e. Juturna, sister of Turnus, id. ib. 12, 785:

caedes,

i. e. of the Romans (pars pro toto), Hor. Od. 2, 1, 34; cf.

Camena,

i. e. Roman, id. ib. 4, 6, 27:

bulbus (an excellent kind growing in Apulia),

Ov. R. Am. 797; cf. Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 95.—

Subst.: Daunii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Apulia Daunia, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 103;

called also Dauni,

Mel. 2, 4, 2.—

Daunĭăcus a, um, adj., Daunian, for Apulian:

campi,

Sil. 12, 429.—

Dau-nĭas, ădis, f., the province Daunia, poet. for Apulia:

militaris,

Hor. Od. 1, 22, 14.

Daunus, i, m., Daunos, a fabulous king over a part of Apulia (whence it obtained the appellation Daunia), father (or ancestor) of Turnus, and father-in-law of Diomedes, Verg. A. 10, 616; 688; 12, 22 al.; Hor. Od. 3, 30, 11; 4, 14, 26; Ov. M. 14, 458; 510; id. F. 4, 76; Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 103; Paul. ex Fest. p. 69, 1 Müll.—

Hence,

Dau-nĭus, a, um, adj., Daunian:

heros,

i. e. Turnus, Verg. A. 12, 723:

gens,

i. e. the Rutulians governed by Turnus, id. ib. 8, 146:

dea,

i. e. Juturna, sister of Turnus, id. ib. 12, 785:

caedes,

i. e. of the Romans (pars pro toto), Hor. Od. 2, 1, 34; cf.

Camena,

i. e. Roman, id. ib. 4, 6, 27:

bulbus (an excellent kind growing in Apulia),

Ov. R. Am. 797; cf. Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 95.—

Subst.: Daunii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Apulia Daunia, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 103;

called also Dauni,

Mel. 2, 4, 2.—

Daunĭăcus a, um, adj., Daunian, for Apulian:

campi,

Sil. 12, 429.—

Dau-nĭas, ădis, f., the province Daunia, poet. for Apulia:

militaris,

Hor. Od. 1, 22, 14.