principium: all forms
principium means “beginning, origin; (principio) in the first place, at first”. Below is its full declension in Latin.
Forms
| Neuter | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | principium · principius |
| Genitive | principii |
| Dative | principio |
| Accusative | principium |
| Ablative | principio |
| Vocative | principie · principium |
| Locative | principii |
| Neuter | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | principia · principii |
| Genitive | principiorum |
| Dative | principiis |
| Accusative | principia · principios |
| Ablative | principiis |
| Vocative | principia · principii |
| Locative | principiis |
Meaning and examples of principium
Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.