prīnceps cipis, adj.
primus+CAP-,
first in order, foremost
: se principes ex omnibus bellum facturos
pollicentur, Cs.: in fugā postremus,
in periculo princeps: princeps Horatius ibat,
in front
, L.: principes pecuniae pollicendae
fuerunt,
took the lead in
: princeps in haec verba iurat, Cs.:
ut principes talem nuntium attulisse viderentur,
might be the first
, Cs.: matri Qui dederit princeps
oscula, O.: Princeps ante omnīs agebat
Agmen,
first of all
, V.: qualitatum aliae sunt principes,
original
: addere principi Limo particulam, H.—
The first, chief, most eminent, most noble
: longe omnium gravitate princeps Plato: terrarum
populus, L.— Prov.: Principibus placuisse viris non
ultima laus est, H.—As subst
m., the first man, first person
: senatūs,
first on the roll
, S.: principes sententiarum consulares,
who were first asked for their opinion
, L.—
The first, chief, leader, foremost man
: in re p. principes esse: iuventutis,
one of the noblest of the Roman knights
: trecenti principes iuventutis Romanae, i. e.
patrician youths
, L.: (pueri) aequalium principes,
first among their fellows. —A chief, head, author, founder,
originator, leader, contriver
: Zeno eorum (Stoicorum): Argonautarum, i. e.
Jason
: principes inferendi belli, Cs.:
sententiae in senatu: eius consili principes,
Cs.: equitum,
at the head of
, Iu.: familiae suae,
founder
, L.—
A prince, ruler, sovereign, emperor
: hic ames dici pater atque princeps,
H.: principis uxor, Iu.—In
the army, plur., orig.,
the foremost line
; hence,
the heavy-armed, second line of soldiers
; cf. totidem princeps habebat Corpora (poet. for principes), O.—
A company of the principes
: primi principis signum,
of the first company of the heavyarmed
, L.: octavum principem duxit,
was centurion of the eighth maniple.—A centurion of the principes
: princeps prior,
first captain of the principes
, Cs.: tertiae legionis, L.—
The office of centurion of the principes, captaincy of the principes
: mihi primus princeps prioris centuriae est
adsignatus, i. e.
centurion of the first century of the first maniple
, L.