princĭpor, āri, v. dep. a. [princeps], to rule (eccl. Lat.).
I Lit.: principari in nationes, Lact. 14, 13, 19: prolem ... principibus principantem, Sid. Carm. 9, 47; 23, 90.—
II Transf.: sanguis in nostro corpore principatur, Aug. Prophet. 6.