principle

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

source, origin: P. and V. ἀρχή, ἡ.

cause: P. and V. αἰτία, ἡ.

legal principle: P. ὑπόθεσις, ἡ (Dem. 1082).

rule of action: P. προαίρεσις, ἡ.

standard: P. and V. κανών, ὁ, ὅρος, ὁ.

the principles and foundations of action: P. . τῶν πράξεων αἱ ἀρχαὶ καὶ αἱ ὑποθέσεις (Dem. 21).

this is the principle of democracy: P. τοῦτό ἐστι δημοτικόν (Dem. 436).

to govern on oligarchic principles: P. κατ' ὀλιγαρχίαν πολιτεύειν (absol.). (Thuc. 1, 19).

the cause and originating principle of existing things: P. τὸ αἴτιον καὶ τὸ ἀρχηγὸν τῶν ὄντων (Plato, Cratylus 401D).