principium
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He traces back its origin to God himself—ab Jove principium.
From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
N. Q. iii. 29; whereas principium denotes the beginning as a concrete notion, as that part of the whole which stands before the other parts in things, and goes before them in actions, in opp. to extremum.
From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig
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 Coleridge, Henry Nelson
Whoever he may be to whom this exposition of the divine nature is made, he reaps its highest reward, the emanatory principium itself operating to the highest end of the transmigrating souls.
From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Acharya, Madhava
And the king and these three estates, together, form the great corporation or body politic of the kingdom, of which the king is said to be caput, principium, et finis.
From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir
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
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
She stormed into the principia with her purple cloak billowing, and her greyhounds at her feet.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
At the crossroads outside the principia, a figure in dark robes stood shackled to the ice.
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
