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Webster 1913 Edition


Principia


Prin-cip′i-a

,
Noun.
pl.
[L.
principium
. See
Principle
.]
First principles; fundamental beginnings; elements; as. Newton’s Principia.

Webster 1828 Edition


Principia

PRINCIP'IA

,
Noun.
plu.
[L. principium.] First principles.

Definition 2024


principia

principia

See also: principiá

Italian

Verb

principia

  1. third-person singular present indicative of principiare
  2. second-person singular imperative of principiare

Latin

Noun

prīncipia

  1. nominative plural of prīncipium
  2. accusative plural of prīncipium
  3. vocative plural of prīncipium

References

  • PRINCIPIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • principia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • principia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Verb

principia

  1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of principiar.
  2. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of principiar.