praeses
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From praesideō + -s, from sedeō.
Noun
[edit]praeses m (genitive praesidis); third declension
- sitting before (usually to guard or take care of something or someone), presider
- protector, guard, guardian, defender
- head, chief, ruler
- Synonym: magister
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | praeses | praesidēs |
| genitive | praesidis | praesidum |
| dative | praesidī | praesidibus |
| accusative | praesidem | praesidēs |
| ablative | praeside | praesidibus |
| vocative | praeses | praesidēs |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “praeses”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praeses”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praeses in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- praeses in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “praeses”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “praeses”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin