principatus

Latin

Etymology

From prī̆nceps +‎ -ātus.

Noun

prī̆ncipātus m (genitive prī̆ncipātūs); fourth declension

  1. first place
  2. rule
  3. leadership
  4. supremacy
  5. (Late Latin) sovereignty
  6. (Late Latin) principality

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prī̆ncipātus prī̆ncipātūs
Genitive prī̆ncipātūs prī̆ncipātuum
Dative prī̆ncipātuī prī̆ncipātibus
Accusative prī̆ncipātum prī̆ncipātūs
Ablative prī̆ncipātū prī̆ncipātibus
Vocative prī̆ncipātus prī̆ncipātūs

Descendants
  • → Catalan: principat (learned)
  • → English: principate (learned)
  • → French: principat (learned)
  • → German: Prinzipat (learned)
  • → Italian: principato (learned)
  • → Portuguese: principado (learned)
  • → Romanian: principat (learned)
  • → Spanish: principado (learned)

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • principatus in Deferrari, R. J. (Roy Joseph)., McGuiness, I., Barry, M. Inviolata (1948). A lexicon of St. Thomas Aquinas based on the Summa theologica and selected passages of his other works. Washington: Catholic University of America Press.
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