princeps

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We may, therefore, justly conclude that when he wrote the epic he advocated a constitution of the type proposed by Cicero, in which the princeps should be a true leader in the state but in a constitutional republic It is the great past, illustrated by the pageant of heroes and the prophetic pictures of Aeneas's shield, that kindles the poet's imagination.

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  1. First; original; hence, specifically, earliest printed; belonging to the first edition. The princeps copy, clad in blue and gold. J. Ferriar, Bibliomania, l. 6.
  2. One who is first or chief; a chief; specifically, in early Teut. hist., a chief judicial officer or leader in a pagus or other division. Attached to him was a body of attendants called the comitatus. Over each of their local divisions or pagi, at their own pleasure and on a plan which in their eyes was a prudent one, a single princeps or chieftain presided. Stubbs, Const. Hist., § 22.
  3. That which is first, foremost, original, or principal; especially, the first or original edition of a book: short for princeps edition, or editio princeps.
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  • We may, therefore, justly conclude that when he wrote the epic he advocated a constitution of the type proposed by Cicero, in which the princeps should be a true leader in the state but in a constitutional republic. —  Vergil
  • - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth). —  Nothingandall
  • '[43 FOOTNOTES 32] There are 242 pages in this editio princeps, after which should come a leaf with (_a_) blank (_b_) device of John Hervey or Hervagius. —  The Book-Hunter at Home
  • An editio princeps is not a mere toy--it has something in it that may purchase the attention even of a thinking man. —  The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author
  • But genuine articles of furniture so old as the editio princeps are very rare. —  The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author
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  1. Latin, first, chief, prince: see prince.
 

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