principialis
Latin
Etymology
From prī̆ncipium + -ālis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [priːŋ.kɪ.piˈaː.lɪs], [prɪŋ.kɪ.piˈaː.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [prin̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.piˈaː.lis]
- See the note at prī̆nceps for the length of the vowel in the first syllable.
Adjective
prī̆ncipiālis (neuter prī̆ncipiāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- original (from the beginning)
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | prī̆ncipiālis | prī̆ncipiāle | prī̆ncipiālēs | prī̆ncipiālia | |
| genitive | prī̆ncipiālis | prī̆ncipiālium | |||
| dative | prī̆ncipiālī | prī̆ncipiālibus | |||
| accusative | prī̆ncipiālem | prī̆ncipiāle | prī̆ncipiālēs prī̆ncipiālīs |
prī̆ncipiālia | |
| ablative | prī̆ncipiālī | prī̆ncipiālibus | |||
| vocative | prī̆ncipiālis | prī̆ncipiāle | prī̆ncipiālēs | prī̆ncipiālia | |
Descendants
- → English: principial (probably)
References
- “principialis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- principialis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.