principal
From LSJ
ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει → easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
chief: P. and V. μέγιστος, πρῶτος.
the principal point: P. τὸ κεφάλαιον.
substantive
capital: P. τὸ κεφάλαιον, τὰ ὑπάρχοντα, ἀφορμή, ἡ, Ar. and P. τὰ ἀρχαῖα.
lose one's principal: P. τῶν ἀρχαίων ἀφίστασθαι (Dem. 13).
ringleader: P. and V. ἡγεμών, ὁ or ἡ; see ringleader.
superintendent: P. and V. ἐπιστάτης, ὁ.
