principalis

Latin

Etymology

From prīnceps +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /priːn.kiˈpaː.lis/, [priːŋkɪˈpäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /prin.t͡ʃiˈpa.lis/, [prin̠ʲt͡ʃiˈpäːlis]

Adjective

prīncipālis (neuter prīncipāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. first, original
2. chief, principal

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	prīncipālis	prīncipāle		prīncipālēs	prīncipālia
genitive	prīncipālis			prīncipālium
dative	prīncipālī			prīncipālibus
accusative	prīncipālem	prīncipāle		prīncipālēs prīncipālīs	prīncipālia
ablative	prīncipālī			prīncipālibus
vocative	prīncipālis	prīncipāle		prīncipālēs	prīncipālia

Derived terms

• comes prīncipālis (Mediaeval)
• prīncipālis pars (Late Latin, grammar)
• prīncipālitas

Descendants

• Asturian: principal
• Catalan: principal
• French: principal
• Galician: principal
• Italian: principale
• Occitan: principal
• → Old French: principal
  • → English: principal
• Portuguese: principal
• Romanian: principal
• → Old Spanish: principal, prinçipal
  • Spanish: principal

References

• “principalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “principalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "principalis", 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)
• principalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• principalis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016