principalis pars

• pars prīncipālis

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [priːŋ.kɪˈpaː.lɪs ˈpars]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [prin̠ʲ.t͡ʃiˈpaː.lis ˈpars]

prīncipālis pars f (genitive prīncipālis partis); third declension (Late Latin, grammar)

1. either of the active and passive voices, regarded as the principal parts of the verb
2. either of the noun and the verb, regarded as the principal partēs ōrātiōnis
   • a. 527, Priscianus Caesariensis, Institutiones Grammaticae, in Augustus Krehlius, editor, Prisciani Caesariensis Grammatici Opera, Volumen primum, cont. De Arte Grammatica libros XVI., Lipsia: Libraria Weidmannia, published 1819, book XI, chapter i, § 5, page 518:

     Unde rationabiliter hoc nomen est ei a grammaticis inditum, per confirmationem duarum partium orationis principalium.

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   • ibidem, book XI, chapter ii, § 7, page 519:

     Multo melius igitur quam principales et egregias partes nomen dicunt et verbum, alias autem his appendices.

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   • ibidem, book XII, chapter vi, § 52, page 557:

     Principales igitur duae partes, nomen et verbum, et quae loco eorum funguntur, hoc est participium et pronomen, supradictos numeros habent in declinatione.

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Third-declension adjective with a third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or occasionally -ī).

• English: principal part (calque)