prīnceps

prīnceps Adjektiv Vorlage:lat. (Genitiv prīncipis) ‘die erste Stelle (in einer Rangfolge) einnehmend’,

From Proto-Italic *priisemokaps by syncope. By surface analysis, prīmus (“first”) +‎ -ceps (“catcher”). Compare Old English fruma (“chief, prince, ruler”).

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpriːn.keps/, [ˈpriːŋkɛps̠] or IPA^(key): /ˈprin.keps/, [ˈprɪŋkɛps̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈprin.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈprin̠ʲt͡ʃeps]
Note: the length of the first vowel might have varied, being subject to one or more rounds of Osthoff's Law which shortens vowels before an /n/ in the same syllable. Ancient Greek πρῖγκιψ (prînkips) shows there was a pronunciation with long /ī/, which must have been maintained by analogy with prīmus, but an archaic Italian form prence points to a form in /ĭ/.^[1]^[2] See also Italian prencipe, an alternative form of principe.

prī̆nceps (genitive prī̆ncipis); third-declension one-termination adjective

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	prī̆nceps		prī̆ncipēs	prī̆ncipia
Genitive	prī̆ncipis		prī̆ncipium
Dative	prī̆ncipī		prī̆ncipibus
Accusative	prī̆ncipem	prī̆nceps	prī̆ncipēs	prī̆ncipia
Ablative	prī̆ncipē		prī̆ncipibus
Vocative	prī̆nceps		prī̆ncipēs	prī̆ncipia

prī̆nceps cīvitātis (“first citizen”) (a title of the Roman Emperors, beginning with Caesar Augustus)
prī̆nceps senātūs (“first among senators”) (a title of the leader of the Roman Senate, ending with the Roman Empire)

prī̆nceps m or f (genitive prī̆ncipis); third declension