Princeps, principis, pen. co. communis gen. Vir. Cic.Firste or chiefe. A prince or princes, a gouernour: a chiefe heade or ruler: he or she that hath the soueraintie or dominion: A noble man or woman: A chiefe man in a citie or countrey.Princeps prælium inibat.Liu.He first began the battel.Postremus & princeps, contraria.Cic.Ad omnia pericula princeps esse non recusabat. Plancus ad Ciceronem. He refused not to be the firste and formost in al perillous and dangerous aduentures.Exordium princeps, omnium debet esse.Cic. Patria in qua multis virtutibus & beneficijs floruit princeps.Cicer.His countrey, wherein he passingly flourished with many vertues and great benefites.In astrologia princeps.Cic.Excellent in astronomie.In iure ciuili longè omnium princeps, Seruius, Cic.Consilij publici princeps plurimos annos fuit Pericles. Ci. Pericles was president or chiefe of the counsayle many yeares.Princeps tragici cothurni. Plin. A passing excellent writer of tragedies.Dearum princeps, Iuno.Ouid.Ingenij & doctrinæ princeps, Plato. C. Plato a passinginirrour of wit and doctrine.Nunc iuuenum princeps, deinde future senum.Ouid.Princeps legis Agrariæ, P. Rullus. Cic.The chiefe anthoure and ringleader in publishing the law for distribution of landes.Princeps Latini nominis.Liu.Princeps philosophorum & authoritate & antiquitate, Socraticus Aristippus. Ci. The most excellent, &c.