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Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of praesideō (“preside over”).
Pronunciation
Participle
praesidēns (genitive praesidentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- sitting before or in front of
- sitting beforehand
- guarding, watching, protecting, defending
- presiding over, directing, commanding, controlling, governing, superintending
- (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.