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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• principal (adj.):
      1. 1. praecĭpuus (standing out from the rest, especial: most important): I shall note (only) the p. figures, ex quibus (modis) praecipuos attingemus, Quint. 8, 3, extr.: the p. remedies for calculus in man, pr. calculo humano remedia, Plin. 11, 48, 109.
      2. 2. maxĭmus (of greatest moment): what is the p. thing, quod m. est [parenthetical], Cic. Fam. 13, 50: the p. charges brought against him were, *maxima ei objecta crimina sunt, quod ...: so, summus: v. chief.
      3. 3. princĭpālis, e (of primary importance: not in best authors): after these two p. points, post haec duo p., Col. 1, 3, init.
      4. 4. pŏtissĭmus (in Cic. = preferable to all others, Inv. 1, 12, 17, utrum potius, aut quid potissimum sit): if this were my p. or only work, si hoc opusculum nostrum aut potissimum esset aut solum, Plin. Ep. 4, 14, fin. Phr.. the p. thing, caput: the p. dish, caput coenae, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98: the p. element of happiness, c. ad beate vivendum, id. Am. 13, 45.
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• principal (subs.):
    1. I. Head person: măgister: v. master. See also head (VII.).
    2. II. Money at interest:
      1. 1. sors, rtis, f.: to run the risk of losing the p., de sorte venire in dubium, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 35: to pay the p. many times over (in interest), multiplicem s. exsolvere, Liv. 6, 14, med.: Cic.
      2. 2. căput, ĭtis, n.: to deduct the interest from the p., de c. quod usuris pernumeratum esset deducere, Liv. 6, 35, med.: Hor. Phr.: to deduct from the p. (capital), de vivo detrahere, Cic. Fl. 37, 91; resecare, id. Verr. 3, 50, 118 (the principal or capital is said to be living because of its power of increase). (N.B.--No authority for vivum caput.)
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• PRINCIPAL
1. adj., primus, princeps, principalis (the first and most important; the latter post-Augustan): praecipuus (chief): potissimus (by far preferable, beyond comparison): summus, maximus (greatest): in a principal manner, praecipue: potissimum: imprimis, maxime.
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  • s. A chief person, caput: princeps: praepositus: praesul: principal of a college or school, gymnasiarchus.
  • Money laid out at interest, sors: caput: vivum (as opposed to “the interest”): pecuniae: nummi: res (money generally): that the woman’s principal might be safer, ut mulieri esset res cautior, etc. (Cic., Coecin., 4, 11): principal lying idle, pecuniae otiosae or vacuae, pecuniae steriles: the principal lies idle, pecuniae otiosae jacent: to live on the interest of principal de fenore vivere: to deduct what is owed from principal, aes alienum de capite deducere: to deduct from principal, de vivo detrahere: the interest due is greater than the principal, mergunt sortem usurae: principal arises from interest, sors fit ex usura.