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English
Etymology
From Latin praesidium. Doublet of presidio and presidium.
Noun
praesidium (plural praesidia or praesidiums)
- Alternative form of presidium
French
Noun
praesidium m (plural praesidiums)
- Alternative spelling of présidium
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
From praeses (“guardian, defender”) + -ium or praesideō (“to guard, defend”) + -ium.
Noun
praesidium n (genitive praesidiī or praesidī); second declension
- defence, protection, guardianship
- Synonyms: munitio, moles, mūnīmentum
- help, aid, assistance
- Synonyms: adiūtus, ops, auxilium, subsidium, fidēs, adiumentum
c. 52 BCE,
Julius Caesar,
Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.44:
- Amicitiam populi Romani sibi ornamento et praesidio, non detrimento esse oportere, atque se hac spe petisse.
- That the friendship of the Roman people ought to prove to him an ornament and a safeguard, not a detriment; and that he sought it with that expectation.
- guard, garrison, convoy, escort
c. 52 BCE,
Julius Caesar,
Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.8:
- Eo opere perfecto praesidia disponit, castella communit, quo facilius, si se invito transire conentur, prohibere possit.
- When that work was finished, he distributes garrisons, and closely fortifies redoubts, in order that he may the more easily intercept them, if they should attempt to cross over against his will.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
References
- “praesidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praesidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praesidium 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)
- praesidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to protect the troops in the rear: novissimis praesidio esse
- to garrison a town: praesidiis firmare urbem
- to garrison a town: praesidium collocare in urbe
- to station posts, pickets, at intervals: praesidia, custodias disponere
- to strengthen the camp by outposts: castra praesidiis firmare
- to leave troops to guard the camp: praesidio castris milites relinquere
- “praesidium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “praesidium”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press