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|lshtext=<b>princĭpālis</b>: e, adj. [[princeps]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen., [[first]], [[original]], [[primitive]] ([[class]].): causae, Cic. Fat. 5, 9: est [[igitur]] [[tropus]] [[sermo]] a naturali et principali significatione [[translatus]] ad aliam, Quint. 9, 1, 4: verba, Gell. 11, 15, 5.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In [[rank]], [[first]] in [[rank]], [[station]], or [[esteem]], [[chief]], [[principal]]: viri, App. Flor. p. 363, 38.—Of things abstr. and concr.: pici principales in auguriis, Plin. 10, 18, 20, § 41: principalia in Arabiā tus, et [[myrrha]], id. 12, 13, 30, § 51: principalia aquatilium, id. 31, 6, 38, § 72: causarum aliae sunt perfectae et principales, aliae adjuvantes et proximae, Cic. Fat. 18, 41: [[quaestio]], Quint. 4, 4, 1: [[post]] haec duo principalia subjungebat [[illa]] non [[minus]] intuenda, [[after]] these [[two]] [[principal]] points, Col. 1, 3, 3: principali [[studio]] (i. e. praecipuo), Gell. 13, 10, 1: principalia verba, [[primitive]], id. 11, 15, 5: de culturā agri praecipere, principale fuit et [[apud]] exteros, a [[principal]] [[thing]], Plin. 18, 3, 5, § 22: [[principalis]] [[obligatio]], res (opp. [[accessio]]), Gai. Inst. 3, 126.—Comp.: principalior, Tert. Anim. 43: principaliora quaeque, id. cont. Marc. 4, 36.—As subst.: princĭpālis, is, m.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> The [[foremost]], [[overseer]], [[superintendent]]: officiorum, i. e. of attendants, Cod. Just. 9, 51, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> The [[chief]] [[magistrate]] of a [[municipality]], Symm. Ep. 9, 1; Dig. 48, 19, 27; Isid. Orig. 9, 4: [[principalis]] aut [[decurio]], Cod. Just. 10, 31, 33; 10, 34, 2, § 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> An [[inferior]] [[officer]], Dig. 49, 16, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of or belonging to a [[prince]] or [[ruler]], [[princely]], [[imperial]], the [[emperor]]'s ([[post]]-Aug.): [[principalis]] [[quies]], Vell. 2, 56, 3: [[fastigium]], id. 1, 11, 6: [[opera]], id. 2, 124, 3: curae, Plin. [[Pan]]. 79: copiae, id. ib. 82: [[apparatus]] arrogantiae [[principalis]], id. ib. 76: beneficia, id. ib. 36: [[matrimonium]], Tac. H. 1, 22: commentarii, id. ib. 4, 40: [[fortuna]], id. ib. 2, 81: [[scortum]], id. ib. 1, 13: majestas, Suet. Claud. 17: res, id. Calig. 39: [[bonum]], Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 22: vox, Just. Inst. prooem. 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of or belonging to the principes, i. e. to the [[second]] [[line]] in the [[order]] of [[battle]] ([[post]]-[[class]].), Cod. Th. 12, 1, 151; Veg. Mil. 2, 15, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of or belonging to the [[principium]] in a [[camp]]: [[principalis]] castrorum [[porta]] nominatur, [[quod]] in eo [[loco]] est, in quo principes ordines tendunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 224 Müll.: manipulos legionum principali viā inducit, Liv. 10, 33: [[porta]] [[principalis]] [[dextra]], id. 4, 19; cf. id. 40, 27. —Adv.: princĭpālĭter.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., [[chiefly]], [[principally]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): plurimae bestiae, sed [[principaliter]] leones, Sol. 27: [[negotium]] gerere, Dig. 3, 2, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., [[like]] a [[prince]], [[imperially]] ([[post]]-Aug.): gaudere, Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 36: [[mores]] juventutis [[quam]] [[principaliter]] formas! Plin. [[Pan]]. 47: institutae leges, Arn. 1, 2, 2: non [[principaliter]], [[incidentally]], Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 12, 7, 5.