PRINCIPATUS, principatus
Sounds Like: prin-ki-PAH-toos
Translations: principate, rule, sovereignty, chief command, first place, hegemony, a principate, a rule
From the root: PRINCEPS
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: Principatus refers to the position, rank, or authority of a princeps, meaning a chief, leader, or first citizen. In Roman history, it specifically denotes the period of the early Roman Empire, from Augustus onwards, where the emperor held power as the 'first citizen' rather than an absolute monarch, maintaining the facade of the Republic. It can also refer more generally to any form of leadership, dominion, or pre-eminence.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, PRINCEPS.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- PRINCEPS — prince, chief, leader, emperor, first, foremost, principal, a prince, a chief, a leader, an emperor
- PRINCIPES — chiefs, leaders, princes, foremost men
- PRINCIPIBUS — to/for chiefs, to/for leaders, to/for princes, by/with/from chiefs, by/with/from leaders, by/with/from princes
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