Noun: princeps
| Singular | princeps |
| Plural | principes |
Sample Sentences
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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:]
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prī̆nceps (“first, foremost”). Doublet of prince and principe. See: Latin Nouns '
prī̆nceps'.