principium

We have called time and space the principium individuationis, because only through them and in them is multiplicity of the homogeneous possible.

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

He traces back its origin to God himself—ab Jove principium.

From What is Property? by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon

The initium is pushed out of the way by that which follows; the principium serves as a basis for that which follows.

From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig Döderlein

All the words that can be mentioned may be referred to eight things, which are: nomen, pronomen, verbum, principium, conjugatio, declinatio, interjectio.

From Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus by Ludvig Holberg, Baron

It is a great error in physiology not to distinguish between what may be called the general or fundamental life—the principium vitae, and the functional life—the life in the functions.

From Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Henry Nelson Coleridge

Fifty-five years later, Isaac Newton’s great work, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, further reinforced the coherence of the Copernican system, with laws of mechanics and gravity that reinforced the model.

From Forbes ● Sep. 18, 2014

At the crossroads, in front of the snow-brick principia, a tall, dark- robed figure stood, bound in icy chains.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

He stood in a theater-sized version of the camp’s headquarters—a principia with walls of ice and freezing mist hanging in the air.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

Figures in Roman armor emerged from the barracks, the principia, the armory, and the canteen, but they weren’t human.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

But at the door of the principia, Percy couldn’t resist turning.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan