propraetor

See also: proprætor

English

Alternative forms

• proprætor

Etymology

From the Latin prōpraetor.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: prōprēʹtôr, IPA^(key): /pɹəʊˈpɹiːtɔː/

Noun

propraetor (plural propraetors)

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

Derived terms

• propraetorship
• propraetorial

Translations

a magistrate of ancient Rome

• French: propréteur (fr) m

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈprae̯.tor/, [proːˈpräe̯t̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈpre.tor/, [proˈprɛːt̪or]

Noun

prōpraetor m (genitive prōpraetōris); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prōpraetor	prōpraetōrēs
Genitive	prōpraetōris	prōpraetōrum
Dative	prōpraetōrī	prōpraetōribus
Accusative	prōpraetōrem	prōpraetōrēs
Ablative	prōpraetōre	prōpraetōribus
Vocative	prōpraetor	prōpraetōrēs

References

• “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