principalis pars

Latin

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /priːn.kiˈpaː.lis pars/, [priːŋkɪˈpäːlʲɪs̠ pärs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /prin.t͡ʃiˈpa.lis pars/, [prin̠ʲt͡ʃiˈpäːlis pärs]

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

either of the active and passive voices, regarded as the principal parts of the verb
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).

	singular	plural
nominative	prīncipālis pars	prīncipālēs partēs
genitive	prīncipālis partis	prīncipālium partium
dative	prīncipālī partī	prīncipālibus partibus
accusative	prīncipālem partem	prīncipālēs partēs prīncipālēs partīs prīncipālīs partēs prīncipālīs partīs
ablative	prīncipālī parte prīncipālī partī	prīncipālibus partibus
vocative	prīncipālis pars	prīncipālēs partēs