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propraetor

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See also: proprætor

English

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Etymology

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From the Latin prōpraetor.

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Noun

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propraetor (plural propraetors)

  1. A magistrate of ancient Rome who governed a province after serving as a praetor in Rome.

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Latin

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Noun

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prōpraetor m (genitive prōpraetōris); third declension

  1. An ex-praetor (in Rome) sent as praetor to a province where there was no army

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative prōpraetor prōpraetōrēs
genitive prōpraetōris prōpraetōrum
dative prōpraetōrī prōpraetōribus
accusative prōpraetōrem prōpraetōrēs
ablative prōpraetōre prōpraetōribus
vocative prōpraetor prōpraetōrēs

References

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  • propraetor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • propraetor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • propraetor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • propraetor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • propraetor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin