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praetor

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic, ranking below but having approximately the same functions as a consul.

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  • noun Roman history The title designating a Roman administrative official whose role changed over time:
  • noun by extension A high civic or administrative official, especially a chief magistrate or mayor. Sometimes used as a title.
  • noun The title of the chief magistrate, the mayor, and/or the podestà in Palermo, in Verona, and in various other parts of Italy.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English pretor, from Old French, from Latin praetor, perhaps from praeīre, to go before : prae-, pre- + īre, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]

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From the Anglo-Norman pretour, pretore, the Middle French preteur (from the Old French pretor; compare the Modern French préteur), and their etymon, the Classical Latin praetor ("leader”, “commander”, “magistrate"); the Latin praetor being contracted from *praeitor ("one who goes before"), from praeeō ("I go before"), from prae ("before") + eō ("I go"); compare the Italian pretore, the Portuguese pretor, and the Spanish pretor.

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Examples

  • [166] The praetor -- The _praetor urbanus_, or city praetor, who decided all causes between citizens, and passed sentence on debtors.

    Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War 86 BC-34? BC Sallust 1844

  • This praetor was no doubt propraetor of the province of Africa, sent thither from Rome to undertake the regular administration, but he was at the same time placed at the disposal of the consul Marius; for as a propraetor had the _jus praetorem_ in his province, he was sometimes simply called praetor; thus Verres is often called praetor of Sicily.

    C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

  • Quintus was coming to the end of his term as praetor and was heavily in debt and apprehensive about what province he might draw in the forthcoming lottery.

    CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

  • Ambitious Romans aimed for the consulship soon after their term as praetor.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • Ambitious Romans aimed for the consulship soon after their term as praetor.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • Ambitious Romans aimed for the consulship soon after their term as praetor.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • Ambitious Romans aimed for the consulship soon after their term as praetor.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • Cicero, who was praetor that year (the praetor was the magistrate next in rank to the consul), defended Cluentius, and told his client's whole story.

    Roman life in the days of Cicero Alfred John Church 1870

  • However, as I said, a stem zil forms the basis of many verbal derivatives zili, zilχ, zilχnce, zilace, etc., so I suspect that zilaθ wasn't intended as a noun specifically meaning "praetor" as usually claimed.

    Contradictions with authors' accounts of Etruscan word Rasna 2009

  • Now perhaps zil simply means something to the effect of "to put in power" however the above inscription does not indicate a noun meaning "praetor".

    Contradictions with authors' accounts of Etruscan word Rasna 2009

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rhymes (21)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Demeter
  2. Peter
  3. beater
  4. cheater
  5. depleter
  6. dieter
  7. eater
  8. heater
  9. kilometre
  10. liter
  11. meter
  12. metre
  13. neater
  14. peter
  15. repeater
  16. seater
  17. skeeter
  18. sweeter
  19. teeter
  20. teter
  21. treater

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