principum

Latin[edit]

prīncipum

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prīncipum, i, n.

A beginning, start or origin.
1. - 59 BC–AD 17, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita Libri, Liber Unus 4.1:
    Sed debebatur, ut opinor, fatis tantae origo urbis maximique secundum deorum opes imperii principum.
    But the Fates were resolved, as I suppose, upon the founding of such a great city and the beginning of the greatest of empires, second to the power of the gods.
(Transitive): That makes a beginning, that votes first (of the prerogative tribe or curia), the right of voting first.
(Transitive): A beginner, originator.
(Plural): Foundations, principles.
(Military): The foremost ranks, front line.
(Military): Headquarters, a large open space in a camp containing the tents of officers, standards, etc.