prīnceps
prīnceps Adjektiv lat. (Genitiv prīncipis) ‘die erste Stelle (in einer Rangfolge) einnehmend’,
prī̆nceps lat. Wrtdtng: wrtl. 'vornahme, erstnahme, anfang'; vorserst'; 'erst'; 'Vornehmer, Anfänger' daher 'Anführer, Urheber, Erster, …'
Aus uital. *priisemokaps durch Synkope. Durch Oberflächenanalyse, prīmus „erster“ + -ceps „Fänger“. Vergleiche aengl. fruma „Häuptling, Prinz, Herrscher“, dt. fromm
Adjektiv prī̆nceps (Genitiv prī̆ncipis); Adjektiv dritter Deklination mit einer Endung
- erster, vorderster
- Chef, angesehen
| (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. | ||||||
| Third-declension one-termination adjective. | ||||||
| Number | Singular | Plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | ||
| Nominative | prī̆nceps | prī̆ncipēs | prī̆ncipia | |||
| Genitive | prī̆ncipis | prī̆ncipium | ||||
| Dative | prī̆ncipī | prī̆ncipibus | ||||
| Accusative | prī̆ncipem | prī̆nceps | prī̆ncipēs | prī̆ncipia | ||
| Ablative | prī̆ncipē | prī̆ncipibus | ||||
| Vocative | prī̆nceps | prī̆ncipēs | prī̆ncipia | |||
- (first): prīmus
- 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)
Substantiv prī̆nceps m oder f (Genitiv prī̆ncipis); dritte Deklination
- ein Anführer, erster Mann oder erste Frau, Oberhaupt
- eine wichtige Person
- ein Autor, Urheber, Gründer
- ein Chef, Direktor
- ein Prinz, Souverän
- (Militär, im Plural) Kompanie oder Abteilung der zweiten Soldatenlinie
| Third-declension noun. | ||
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prī̆nceps | prī̆ncipēs |
| Genitive | prī̆ncipis | prī̆ncipum |
| Dative | prī̆ncipī | prī̆ncipibus |
| Accusative | prī̆ncipem | prī̆ncipēs |
| Ablative | prī̆ncipe | prī̆ncipibus |
| Vocative | prī̆nceps | prī̆ncipēs |
- (prince): prīncipissa f