principium

We saw before that hatred and wickedness are conditioned by egoism, and egoism rests on the entanglement of knowledge in the principium individuationis.

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

It is no answer to say that the consciousness of God is the principium essendi, while the consciousness of self is the principium cognoscendi.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

In initium the beginning is made only with reference to time; in principium the foundation also is laid with reference to space.

From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig Döderlein

The first act represents the Deity seated upon His throne and speaking as follows:   Ego sum Alpha et Omega, principium et finis.

From The Parish Clerk by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield

He traces back its origin to God himself—ab Jove principium.

From What is Property? by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon

Fifty-five years later, Isaac Newton’s great work, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, further reinforced the coherence of the Copernican system, with laws of mechanics and gravity that reinforced the model.

From Forbes ● Sep. 18, 2014

She stormed into the principia with her purple cloak billowing, and her greyhounds at her feet.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

Figures in Roman armor emerged from the barracks, the principia, the armory, and the canteen, but they weren’t human.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

He stood in a theater-sized version of the camp’s headquarters—a principia with walls of ice and freezing mist hanging in the air.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

At the crossroads outside the principia, a figure in dark robes stood shackled to the ice.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan