Hauptperson

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Ἀλλ' ὑπ' ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain

Sophocles, Antigone, 221-2

German > Latin

Hauptperson, caput. princeps. auctor (s. Haupt no. II, 1). – die H. im Drama, actor primarum partium: die H. bei einer Ruchlosigkeit (bei einem Verbrechen), princeps atque architectus sceleris. – die H. spielen, primas partes agere (auch übh., z.B. bei etwas, in alqa re): er war die H. dabei, dux, auctor, actor rerum illarum fuit (zus.).