Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Ancient Rome)The title of the Roman emperor during the principate.

    Prinzeps

  2. One who, or that which, is foremost, original, etc.

  3. The editio princeps, or first edition of a book.

Translations

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Deutsch
By meaning 1
title during the principate:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin prī̆nceps (“first, foremost”). Doublet of prince and principe.

Borrowed from Latin prī̆nceps (“first, foremost”). Doublet of prince and principe.

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Forms

plural: principes
Singularprinceps
Pluralprincipes

irregular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

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