princeps – English noun declension

English noun forms of princeps

Noun: princeps
Singularprinceps
Pluralprincipes

Sample Sentences

  • Its special characteristics were that the princeps was not governed by any law of procedure or confined to a particular place of judgment and, moreover, had complete freedom in the composition of his consilium. [1984, Karl Christ, The Romans: An Introduction to Their History and Civilisation, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 126:]

Nouns inflected like princeps

princeps,

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prī̆nceps (“first, foremost”). Doublet of prince and principe. See: Latin Nouns 'prī̆nceps'.