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Latin
Etymology
From praesideō.
Noun
praeses m (genitive praesidis); third declension
- sitting before (usually to guard or take care of something or someone)
- protector, guard, guardian, defender
- Synonyms: dēfēnsor, vindex, cū̆stōs, appāritor
- head, chief, ruler
- Synonym: magister
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
References
- “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