praesidens

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Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of praesideō (preside over).

Pronunciation

Participle

praesidēns (genitive praesidentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. sitting before or in front of
  2. sitting beforehand
  3. guarding, watching, protecting, defending
  4. presiding over, directing, commanding, controlling, governing, superintending
  5. (substantive) a president, director, ruler, governor, leader

Declension

Third-declension participle.

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

References

  • praesidens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praesidens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praesidens 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)
  • praesidens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.