principatus

Latin

Noun

principātus m (genitive principātūs); fourth declension

  1. first place
  2. rule
  3. leadership
  4. supremacy

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative principātus principātūs
Genitive principātūs principātuum
Dative principātuī principātibus
Accusative principātum principātūs
Ablative principātū principātibus
Vocative principātus principātūs

References
  • principatus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • principatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • principatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • principatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be considered the foremost orator: eloquentiae principatum tenere
    • to occupy the leading position: principatum tenere, obtinere
    • deposed from one's high position: de principatu deiectus (B. G. 7. 63)
    • to contend with some one for the pre-eminence: contendere cum aliquo de principatu (Nep. Arist. 1)
    • to be deposed from one's leading position: principatu deici (B. G. 7. 63)
  • principatus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • principatus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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