principalis
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [priːŋ.kɪˈpaː.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [prin̠ʲ.t͡ʃiˈpaː.lis]
Adjective
prīncipālis (neuter prīncipāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | prīncipālis | prīncipāle | prīncipālēs | prīncipālia | |
| genitive | prīncipālis | prīncipālium | |||
| dative | prīncipālī | prīncipālibus | |||
| accusative | prīncipālem | prīncipāle | prīncipālēs prīncipālīs |
prīncipālia | |
| ablative | prīncipālī | prīncipālibus | |||
| vocative | prīncipālis | prīncipāle | prīncipālēs | prīncipālia | |
Derived terms
- comes prīncipālis (Mediaeval)
- prīncipālis pars (Late Latin, grammar)
- prīncipālitas
Descendants
- Asturian: principal
- Catalan: principal
- French: principal
- Galician: principal
- Italian: principale
- Occitan: principal
- → Old French: principal
- → English: principal
- Portuguese: principal
- Romanian: principal
- → Old Spanish: principal, prinçipal
- Spanish: principal
References
- “principalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “principalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "principalis", 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)
- principalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- principalis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016