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<b class="b2">Source, origin</b>: P. and V. [[ἀρχή]], ἡ.

<b class="b2">Cause</b>: P. and V. [[αἰτία]], ἡ.

<b class="b2">Legal principle</b>: P. [[ὑπόθεσις]], ἡ (Dem. 1082).

<b class="b2">Rule of action</b>: P. [[προαίρεσις]], ἡ.

<b class="b2">Standard</b>: P. and V. [[κανών]], ὁ, [[ὅρος]], ὁ.

<b class="b2">The principles and foundations of action</b>: P. . τῶν πράξεων αἱ ἀρχαὶ καὶ αἱ ὑποθέσεις (Dem. 21).

<b class="b2">This is the principle of democracy</b>: P. τοῦτό ἐστι δημοτικόν (Dem. 436).

<b class="b2">To govern on oligarchic principles</b>: P. κατʼ ὀλιγαρχίαν πολιτεύειν (absol.). (Thuc. 1, 19).

<b class="b2">The cause and originating principle of existing things</b>: P. τὸ αἴτιον καὶ τὸ ἀρχηγὸν τῶν ὄντων (Plat., ''Crat.'' 401D).