principal
principal
adj.
Chief: P. and V. μέγιστος, πρῶτος.
Supreme: P. and V. κύ̄ριος.
The principal point: P. τὸ κεφάλαιον.
adj.
Chief: P. and V. μέγιστος, πρῶτος.
Supreme: P. and V. κύ̄ριος.
The principal point: P. τὸ κεφάλαιον.
principal
subs.
Capital: P. τὸ κεφάλαιον, τὰ ὑπάρχοντα, ἀφορμή, ἡ, Ar. and P. τὰ ἀρχαῖα.
Lose one’s principal: P. τῶν ἀρχαίων ἀφίστασθαι (Dem. 13).
Ringleader: P. and V. ἡγεμών, ὁ or ἡ ; see ringleader.
Superintendent: P. and V. ἐπιστά̆της, ὁ.
subs.
Capital: P. τὸ κεφάλαιον, τὰ ὑπάρχοντα, ἀφορμή, ἡ, Ar. and P. τὰ ἀρχαῖα.
Lose one’s principal: P. τῶν ἀρχαίων ἀφίστασθαι (Dem. 13).
Ringleader: P. and V. ἡγεμών, ὁ or ἡ ; see ringleader.
Superintendent: P. and V. ἐπιστά̆της, ὁ.
PRINCIPAL
adj. primus princeps principalis (the first and most important; the latter post-Augustan): praecipuus (chief): potissimus (by far preferable beyond comparison): summus maximus (greatest): in a principal manner praecipue: potissimum: imprimis maxime.
adj. primus princeps principalis (the first and most important; the latter post-Augustan): praecipuus (chief): potissimus (by far preferable beyond comparison): summus maximus (greatest): in a principal manner praecipue: potissimum: imprimis maxime.
s. A chief person caput: princeps: praepositus: praesul: principal of a college or school gymnasiarchus.
Money laid out at interest sors: caput: vivum (as opposed to “the interest”): pecuniae: nummi: res (money generally): that the woman’s principal might be safer ut mulieri esset res cautior etc. (Cic. Caecin. 4 11): principal lying idle pecuniae otiosae or vacuae pecuniae steriles: the principal lies idle pecuniae otiosae jacent: to live on the interest of principal de fenore vivere: to deduct what is owed from principal aes alienum de capite deducere: to deduct from principal de vivo detrahere: the interest due is greater than the principal mergunt sortem usurae: principal arises from interest sors fit ex usura.
Money laid out at interest sors: caput: vivum (as opposed to “the interest”): pecuniae: nummi: res (money generally): that the woman’s principal might be safer ut mulieri esset res cautior etc. (Cic. Caecin. 4 11): principal lying idle pecuniae otiosae or vacuae pecuniae steriles: the principal lies idle pecuniae otiosae jacent: to live on the interest of principal de fenore vivere: to deduct what is owed from principal aes alienum de capite deducere: to deduct from principal de vivo detrahere: the interest due is greater than the principal mergunt sortem usurae: principal arises from interest sors fit ex usura.
principal (adj.):
1. praecĭpuus (standing out from the rest, especial: most important): I shall note (only) the p. figures, ex quibus (modis) praecipuos attingemus, Quint. 8, 3, extr.: the p. remedies for calculus in man, pr. calculo humano remedia, Plin. 11, 48, 109.
2. maxĭmus (of greatest moment): what is the p. thing, quod m. est [parenthetical], Cic. Fam. 13, 50: the p. charges brought against him were, *maxima ei objecta crimina sunt, quod ...: so, summus: v.CHIEF .
3. princĭpālis, e (of primary importance: not in best authors): after these two p. points, post haec duo p., Col. 1, 3, init.
4. pŏtissĭmus (in Cic. = preferable to all others, Inv. 1, 12, 17, utrum potius, aut quid potissimum sit): if this were my p or only work, si hoc opusculum nostrum aut potissimum esset aut solum, Plin. Ep. 4, 14, fin. Phr.. the p. thing, caput: the p. dish, caput coenae, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98: the p. element of happiness, c. ad beate vivendum, id. Am. 13, 45.
1. praecĭpuus (standing out from the rest, especial: most important): I shall note (only) the p. figures, ex quibus (modis) praecipuos attingemus, Quint. 8, 3, extr.: the p. remedies for calculus in man, pr. calculo humano remedia, Plin. 11, 48, 109.
2. maxĭmus (of greatest moment): what is the p. thing, quod m. est [parenthetical], Cic. Fam. 13, 50: the p. charges brought against him were, *maxima ei objecta crimina sunt, quod ...: so, summus: v.
3. princĭpālis, e (of primary importance: not in best authors): after these two p. points, post haec duo p., Col. 1, 3, init.
4. pŏtissĭmus (in Cic. = preferable to all others, Inv. 1, 12, 17, utrum potius, aut quid potissimum sit): if this were my p or only work, si hoc opusculum nostrum aut potissimum esset aut solum, Plin. Ep. 4, 14, fin. Phr.. the p. thing, caput: the p. dish, caput coenae, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98: the p. element of happiness, c. ad beate vivendum, id. Am. 13, 45.
principal (subs.):
I. Head person: măgister: v.MASTER . See also HEAD (VII.).
II. Money at interest:
1. sors, rtis, f.: to run the risk of losing the p., de sorte venire in dubium, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 35: to pay the p. many times over (in interest), multiplicem s. exsolvere, Liv. 6, 14, med.: Cic.
2. căput, ĭtis, n.: to deduct the interest from the p., de c. quod usuris pernumeratum esset deducere, Liv. 6, 35, med.: Hor. Phr.: to deduct from the p. (capital), de vivo detrahere, Cic. Fl. 37, 91; resecare, id. Verr. 3, 50, 118 (the principal or capital is said to be living because of its power of increase). (N.B.--No authority for vivum caput.)
I. Head person: măgister: v.
II. Money at interest:
1. sors, rtis, f.: to run the risk of losing the p., de sorte venire in dubium, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 35: to pay the p. many times over (in interest), multiplicem s. exsolvere, Liv. 6, 14, med.: Cic.
2. căput, ĭtis, n.: to deduct the interest from the p., de c. quod usuris pernumeratum esset deducere, Liv. 6, 35, med.: Hor. Phr.: to deduct from the p. (capital), de vivo detrahere, Cic. Fl. 37, 91; resecare, id. Verr. 3, 50, 118 (the principal or capital is said to be living because of its power of increase). (N.B.--No authority for vivum caput.)
appearing fewer than 50 times
αὐθεντικόςprincipal
κεφαλαιώδης
capital, principal, chief
κορυφαῖος
the head man, chief man, leader; (adj) chief, principal
ἀρχηγικός
original, primary, principal