principal
From LSJ
τίς γὰρ ἁδονᾶς ἄτερ θνατῶν βίος ποθεινὸς ἢ ποία τυραννίς; τᾶς ἄτερ οὐδὲ θεῶν ζηλωτὸς αἰών → What human life is desirable without pleasure, or what lordly power? Without it not even the life of the gods is enviable.
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.
