Latin

Noun

principātus m ‎(genitive principātūs); fourth declension

1. first place
2. rule
3. leadership
4. supremacy

Inflection

Fourth declension.

References

• principatus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• principatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PRINCIPATUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “principatus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be considered the foremost orator: eloquentiae principatum tenere
    
  • to occupy the leading position: principatum tenere, obtinere
    
  • deposed from one's high position: de principatu deiectus (B. G. 7. 63)
    
  • to contend with some one for the pre-eminence: contendere cum aliquo de principatu (Nep. Arist. 1)
    
  • to be deposed from one's leading position: principatu deici (B. G. 7. 63)
    
• principatus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• principatus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016