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  • 1 initium

        initium ī, n    [1 in + 1 I-], a going in, entrance: Remorum, i. e. of the country, Cs.—Fig., a beginning, commencement: Narrationis, T.: annorum, Cs.: bonis initiis orsus tribunatus, tristīs exitus habuit consulatus: belli, S.: dicendi initium sumere: initium fugae factum a Dumnorige, was the first to flee, Cs.: caedis initium facere a me: quod ab initio petivi: querellae ab initio tantae ordiendae rei absint, L.— Abl sing. abverb., in the beginning, at first: tametsi initio laetus, tamen postquam, etc., at first, S.: initio locum tenere, Cs.: dixi initio, iudices.— Plur, constituent parts, elements: initia, et tamquam semina, unde essent omnia orta.—First principles, elements: illa initia mathematicorum: operum initia tradere, Cs.— Auspices: novis initiis et ominibus opus est, i. e. a new reign, Cu.—Secret sacred rites, sacred mysteries: initia Cereris, L.: mysteria initiaque ut appellantur: tua, mater, initia, i. e. instruments used in celebrating the rites, Ct.
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    beginning, commencement; entrance

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  • 2 prīncipium

        prīncipium ī, n    [princeps], a beginning, commencement, origin: origo principi nulla est: motūs: principio orationis hoc pono, in beginning my speech: omnium rerum magnarum ab dis inmortalibus principia ducuntur: Scribendi recte sapere est principium, H.: Ab Iove principium, V.: imperi, L.: a sanguine Teucri Ducere principium, O.— Abl adverb., at the beginning, in the beginning, at first, in the first place: Principio vementer velim, etc., T.: principio ausus est dicere: Principio... tum, V.—In the phrase, a principio (rarely de principio), from the beginning, from the first: ut a principio dixi: de principio studuit occurrere, etc.— Plur, beginnings, foundations, principles, elements: diligenter explorata principia ponantur: naturalia: principia rerum, e quibus omnia constant, elements.—Prov.: obsta principiis, O.— That which begins, a leader, founder: Faucia curia fuit principium, i. e. was the first to vote, L.: Graecia principium moris fuit, O.—In the army, plur, the foremost ranks, front lines of soldiers, front, van: ero post principia, in the rear, T.: Marium post principia habere, S.: post principia tutus receptus fuit, to the rear, L.—In a camp, the headquarters, principal place, general's quarters (an open space, for councils and assemblies): iura reddere in principiis, L.: in principiis statuit tabernaculum, N.
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  • 3 genitale

    gĕnĭtālis, e, adj. [id.], of or belonging to generation or birth, causing generation or birth, fruitful, generative, genital ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: genialis, genetivus).
    I.
    Adj.:

    genitalia materiaï Corpora,

    generative principles, elements, Lucr. 2, 62:

    corpora quatuor,

    the four elements, Ov. M. 15, 239:

    semina,

    Lucr. 5, 851; Verg. G. 2, 324:

    partes (corporis),

    genital parts, Lucr. 4, 1044; Col. 6, 26, 2:

    membra,

    Ov. Am. 2, 3, 3:

    loca,

    Col. 6, 36, 2:

    arvum,

    Verg. G. 3, 136; cf.

    vulvae,

    Col. 7, 9, 5;

    so of plants: membra,

    id. 3, 10, 12: locus, id. § 14; cf. id. 3, 6, 1:

    profluvium,

    Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 143; cf. id. 7, 14, 12, § 61:

    foedera,

    matrimony, Stat. Th. 3, 300:

    menses,

    the months of pregnancy in which the child may be born, Gell. 3, 16, 4:

    ros,

    fertilizing, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 38:

    hora anni,

    i. e. in the spring, id. 9, 35, 54, § 107: dies, birth-day (usually dies natalis), Tac. A. 16, 14; also,

    lux,

    Stat. S. 2, 3, 62:

    solum,

    birth-place, natal soil, Vell. 2, 15, 1:

    sedes,

    Prud. Cath. 10 fin. terra, Amm. 27, 5 fin.: dii, the gods that produce everything: Romulus in caelo cum dis genitalibus aevum Degit, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 764 (Ann. v. 119 Vahl.); imitated by Aus. Per. Iliad. 4; Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. V. 7, p. 139: sterilitas, barrenness, Trebat. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 9.—
    II.
    Subst.
    A.
    Gĕnĭtālis, is, f., a surname of Diana, as presiding over births:

    sive tu (Diana) Lucina probas vocari Seu Genitalis,

    Hor. C. S. 16.—
    B.
    gĕ-nĭtāle, is, n. (sc. membrum;

    v. above, I.),

    Cels. 4, 1; Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93; 37, 10, 57, § 157; Arn. 5, 18 et saep.; in plur., id. 11, 49, 110, § 263; Quint. 1, 6, 36; Juv. 6, 514. —Hence, adv.: gĕnĭtālĭter, in a fertilizing manner, fruitfully, Lucr. 4, 1258.

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  • 4 Genitalis

    gĕnĭtālis, e, adj. [id.], of or belonging to generation or birth, causing generation or birth, fruitful, generative, genital ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: genialis, genetivus).
    I.
    Adj.:

    genitalia materiaï Corpora,

    generative principles, elements, Lucr. 2, 62:

    corpora quatuor,

    the four elements, Ov. M. 15, 239:

    semina,

    Lucr. 5, 851; Verg. G. 2, 324:

    partes (corporis),

    genital parts, Lucr. 4, 1044; Col. 6, 26, 2:

    membra,

    Ov. Am. 2, 3, 3:

    loca,

    Col. 6, 36, 2:

    arvum,

    Verg. G. 3, 136; cf.

    vulvae,

    Col. 7, 9, 5;

    so of plants: membra,

    id. 3, 10, 12: locus, id. § 14; cf. id. 3, 6, 1:

    profluvium,

    Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 143; cf. id. 7, 14, 12, § 61:

    foedera,

    matrimony, Stat. Th. 3, 300:

    menses,

    the months of pregnancy in which the child may be born, Gell. 3, 16, 4:

    ros,

    fertilizing, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 38:

    hora anni,

    i. e. in the spring, id. 9, 35, 54, § 107: dies, birth-day (usually dies natalis), Tac. A. 16, 14; also,

    lux,

    Stat. S. 2, 3, 62:

    solum,

    birth-place, natal soil, Vell. 2, 15, 1:

    sedes,

    Prud. Cath. 10 fin. terra, Amm. 27, 5 fin.: dii, the gods that produce everything: Romulus in caelo cum dis genitalibus aevum Degit, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 764 (Ann. v. 119 Vahl.); imitated by Aus. Per. Iliad. 4; Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. V. 7, p. 139: sterilitas, barrenness, Trebat. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 9.—
    II.
    Subst.
    A.
    Gĕnĭtālis, is, f., a surname of Diana, as presiding over births:

    sive tu (Diana) Lucina probas vocari Seu Genitalis,

    Hor. C. S. 16.—
    B.
    gĕ-nĭtāle, is, n. (sc. membrum;

    v. above, I.),

    Cels. 4, 1; Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93; 37, 10, 57, § 157; Arn. 5, 18 et saep.; in plur., id. 11, 49, 110, § 263; Quint. 1, 6, 36; Juv. 6, 514. —Hence, adv.: gĕnĭtālĭter, in a fertilizing manner, fruitfully, Lucr. 4, 1258.

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  • 5 genitalis

    gĕnĭtālis, e, adj. [id.], of or belonging to generation or birth, causing generation or birth, fruitful, generative, genital ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: genialis, genetivus).
    I.
    Adj.:

    genitalia materiaï Corpora,

    generative principles, elements, Lucr. 2, 62:

    corpora quatuor,

    the four elements, Ov. M. 15, 239:

    semina,

    Lucr. 5, 851; Verg. G. 2, 324:

    partes (corporis),

    genital parts, Lucr. 4, 1044; Col. 6, 26, 2:

    membra,

    Ov. Am. 2, 3, 3:

    loca,

    Col. 6, 36, 2:

    arvum,

    Verg. G. 3, 136; cf.

    vulvae,

    Col. 7, 9, 5;

    so of plants: membra,

    id. 3, 10, 12: locus, id. § 14; cf. id. 3, 6, 1:

    profluvium,

    Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 143; cf. id. 7, 14, 12, § 61:

    foedera,

    matrimony, Stat. Th. 3, 300:

    menses,

    the months of pregnancy in which the child may be born, Gell. 3, 16, 4:

    ros,

    fertilizing, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 38:

    hora anni,

    i. e. in the spring, id. 9, 35, 54, § 107: dies, birth-day (usually dies natalis), Tac. A. 16, 14; also,

    lux,

    Stat. S. 2, 3, 62:

    solum,

    birth-place, natal soil, Vell. 2, 15, 1:

    sedes,

    Prud. Cath. 10 fin. terra, Amm. 27, 5 fin.: dii, the gods that produce everything: Romulus in caelo cum dis genitalibus aevum Degit, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 764 (Ann. v. 119 Vahl.); imitated by Aus. Per. Iliad. 4; Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. V. 7, p. 139: sterilitas, barrenness, Trebat. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 9.—
    II.
    Subst.
    A.
    Gĕnĭtālis, is, f., a surname of Diana, as presiding over births:

    sive tu (Diana) Lucina probas vocari Seu Genitalis,

    Hor. C. S. 16.—
    B.
    gĕ-nĭtāle, is, n. (sc. membrum;

    v. above, I.),

    Cels. 4, 1; Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93; 37, 10, 57, § 157; Arn. 5, 18 et saep.; in plur., id. 11, 49, 110, § 263; Quint. 1, 6, 36; Juv. 6, 514. —Hence, adv.: gĕnĭtālĭter, in a fertilizing manner, fruitfully, Lucr. 4, 1258.

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  • 6 initium

    ĭnĭtĭum, ĭi, n. [ineo], a going in, en trance.
    I.
    A beginning, commencement (syn.: principium, exordium).
    A.
    Lit.:

    bonis initiis orsus tribunatus, tristes exitus habuit consulatus,

    id. Brut. 34, 128:

    initio accusationis,

    id. de Or. 1, 26, 121:

    initium capere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

    dicendi initium sumere,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 1:

    facere initium confligendi,

    id. Phil. 14, 14, 36:

    caedis initium ab aliquo facere,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 20:

    male ponere initia,

    id. Att. 10, 18, 2:

    ducere ab aliqua re,

    id. ib. 9, 9, 2:

    ab initio res quem ad modum facta sint, exponemus,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 14: ab ultimo initio [p. 956] repetere, Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

    seditionem ab altiore initio repetam,

    Tac. H. 2, 27:

    quia initio caedis orto difficilis modus,

    id. ib. 1, 39.— Pleon.: querellae ab initio tantae ordiendae rei absint, Liv. praef. § 12; cf.:

    prima initia incohare,

    id. 3, 54, 9:

    primum initium certaminis,

    id. 6, 12, 10. — The abl. sing. is used adverbially, in the beginning, at first:

    quemadmodum senatus initio censuit,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 4:

    redeo ad illud quod initio scripsi,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 5; Nep. Thras. 1, 5; id. Tim. 3, 1; id. Alc. 5, 3; Curt. 3, 8, 17 al.; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 475. —
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Constituent parts, elements:

    inde est indagatio nata initiorum, et tamquam seminum, unde essent omnia orta, generata, concreta,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69: illa initia, et, ut e Graeco vertam, elementa dicuntur ( = stoicheia), id. Ac. 1, 7, 26;

    so of death: Augustus in sua resolutus initia,

    Vell. 2, 123, 3. —
    2.
    First principles, elements cf a science:

    illa initia mathematicorum, quibus non concessis digitum progredi non possunt,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116.—
    3.
    Beginning, origin:

    quomodo initium nobis rerum omnium ortus noster adferat, sic exitum mors, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:

    natus obscurissimis initiis,

    Vell. 2, 761; cf.: pauca ab initio causisque talium facinorum non absurda, which relate to the origin, etc., Tac. H. 4, 48.—
    4.
    Auspices, because with them everything was begun; hence, the beginning of a reign:

    novis initiis et ominibus opus est,

    i. e. of a new king, Curt. 5, 9, 4.—
    II.
    Secret sacred rites, sacred mysteries, to which only the initiated were admitted:

    initia vocantur potissimum ea, quae Cereri fiunt sacra,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 5:

    initia Cereris,

    Liv. 31, 47, 2; cf.

    39, 8, 5: nihil melius illis mysteriis, quibus ex agresti immanique vita exculti ad humanitatem et mitigati sumus, initiaque ut appellantur, ita re vera principia vitae cognovimus,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 36; Just. 2, 6:

    initia Samothracum,

    Curt. 8, 1, 12:

    initiis pacis, foedus cum feritur,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 9.—
    B.
    Things ( musical instruments) used in celebrating these mysteries:

    Typanum, tubam, Cybele, tua, mater, initia,

    Cat. 63, 9.

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  • 7 principia

    princĭpĭum, ii, n. [princeps], a beginning, commencement, origin (class.; syn.: primordia, initium).
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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. —
    2.
    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.—
    C.
    In milit. lang.: princĭpĭa, ōrum, n.
    1.
    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. —
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    D.
    Precedence, preference, the first place:

    principium ergo, columenque omnium rerum preti margaritae tenent,

    Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 106. —
    E.
    Plur., selections, selected passages:

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

    Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 12.—
    2.
    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.

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  • 8 principium

    princĭpĭum, ii, n. [princeps], a beginning, commencement, origin (class.; syn.: primordia, initium).
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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. —
    2.
    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.—
    C.
    In milit. lang.: princĭpĭa, ōrum, n.
    1.
    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. —
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    D.
    Precedence, preference, the first place:

    principium ergo, columenque omnium rerum preti margaritae tenent,

    Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 106. —
    E.
    Plur., selections, selected passages:

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

    Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 12.—
    2.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > principium

  • 9 āēr

        āēr āeris, acc. āera, m, ἀήρ, the air, atmosphere, sky, esp. the lower air: nudus in aere, in the open air: aera vincere summum arboris, i. e. the summit, V.—A mist, vapor: densus, H.: obscurus, V.—The weather: crassus: purus.
    * * *
    air (one of 4 elements); atmosphere, sky; cloud, mist, weather; breeze; odor

    Latin-English dictionary > āēr

  • 10 coitiō

        coitiō ōnis, f    [coëo], a coming together, meeting: prima, T.: absterrere singulos a coitionibus, L.—A conspiracy, plot, coalition: suspitio coitionis: coitiones tribunorum adversus inventutem, L.: coitionem facere.
    * * *
    meeting, encounter; assemblage; conspiracy, plot, coalition; partnership; combination; physical/chemical union of elements; (late) sexual intercourse

    Latin-English dictionary > coitiō

  • 11 elementum

        elementum ī, n    a first principle, simple substance, element: elemento gratulor (i. e. igni), Iu.— Plur., C., O.— Plur, the first principles, rudiments: puerorum: prima, H.: aetatis, i. e. of culture, O.— The beginning, origin: prima Romae, O.: cupidinis pravi, H.: vitiorum, Iu.
    * * *
    elements (pl.); rudiments, beginnings; kinds of matter (earth/air/fire/water); element, origin; first principle

    Latin-English dictionary > elementum

  • 12 genitālis

        genitālis e, adj.    [genitus], of generation, of birth, fruitful, generative: quattuor corpora, the four elements, O.: semina, V.: arvum, V.—As subst f., goddess of birth, a surname of Diana, H.
    * * *
    genitalis, genitale ADJ
    of creation/procreation, reproductive; fruitful; connected with birth, inborn

    Latin-English dictionary > genitālis

  • 13 in-cūnābula

        in-cūnābula ōrum, n     a cradle: puerorum: Bacchi, O.: ab incunabulis imbutus odio, i. e. from childhood, L.—A birthplace: nostra, Enn. ap. C.: deorum: Iovis, O.—Fig., the elements, beginnings: oratoris: doctrinae.

    Latin-English dictionary > in-cūnābula

  • 14 īnstitūtum

        īnstitūtum ī, n    [P. of instituo], a purpose, intention, design: consulatūs tui: pauca de instituto meo dicere: huius libri.—A practice, custom, usage, habit: hi linguā, institutis differunt, Cs.: meretricium: utor instituto meo: abduci ab institutis suis, principles: aliorum instituto fecisse, precedent: contra omnium instituta, precedents: instituto suo copias eduxit, Cs.: militem ex instituto dare, according to usage, L.—An institution, ordinance, decree, regulation: praetoris: instituta maiorum domi militiaeque, S.: omnia traditis institutis acta: patriae, N.: duarum vitarum instituta, plans.—Plur., principles, elements: philosophiae.
    * * *
    custom, principle; decree; intention; arrangement; institution; habit, plan

    Latin-English dictionary > īnstitūtum

  • 15 sēmen

        sēmen inis, n    [1 SA-].—Of plants, seed: manu spargere semen: terra semen excepit: iacto semine, V.: quercus de semine Dodonaeo, O.—Of men or animals, seed, race: genitus de semine Iovis, son of Jupiter, O.: ipsa regio semine orta, L.: mortali semine cretus, of mortal race, O.: (virtus) propria Romani seminis, i. e. an inborn characteristic of the Romans.—A shoot, graft, scion, set, slip, cutting: Seminibus positis (i. e. virgultis), V.— Posterity, progeny, offspring, child: inpia Semina fert utero, O.—Fig., seed, an origin, essence, principle, source, occasion, ground, cause: veteris percepto semine venae Arva rigent auro, O.: malorum omnium: huius belli: Semina terrarumque animaeque marisque Et ignis, i. e. the four elements, V.: semina discordiarum (tribuni), L.: semina futurae luxuriae, the small beginnings, L.
    * * *

    Latin-English dictionary > sēmen

  • 16 trifōrmis

        trifōrmis e, adj.    [ter+forma], in three forms, in three shapes, threefold, triple, triform: Chimaera, H.: Diva, i. e. Diana, H.: mundus, i. e. of three elements, O.
    * * *
    triformis, triforme ADJ
    of three forms, triple, threefold

    Latin-English dictionary > trifōrmis

  • 17 aeer

    air(one of 4 elements); atmosphere, sky; cloud, mist, weather; breeze; odor

    Latin-English dictionary > aeer

  • 18 coelementatus

    coelementata, coelementatum ADJ

    Latin-English dictionary > coelementatus

  • 19 corporale

    corporal, linen for concecrated elements of mass; ancient eucharistic vestment

    Latin-English dictionary > corporale

  • 20 creamen

    Latin-English dictionary > creamen

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