proconsul

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English

Etymology

From Latin prōcōnsul.

Pronunciation

Noun

proconsul (plural proconsuls)

  1. (in ancient Rome) A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province.

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Further reading

French

Etymology

From Latin prōcōnsul.

Pronunciation

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Noun

proconsul m (plural proconsuls, feminine proconsule)

  1. proconsul

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Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From prō + cōnsul.

Pronunciation

Noun

prōcōnsul m (genitive prōcōnsulis); third declension

  1. proconsul; a man who became governor of a province or a military commander with the authority of a consul
  2. a governor in one of the provinces of the Roman Senate

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative prōcōnsul prōcōnsulēs
genitive prōcōnsulis prōcōnsulum
dative prōcōnsulī prōcōnsulibus
accusative prōcōnsulem prōcōnsulēs
ablative prōcōnsule prōcōnsulibus
vocative prōcōnsul prōcōnsulēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “proconsul”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “proconsul”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • proconsul 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)
  • proconsul in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “proconsul”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “proconsul”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin proconsul.

Noun

proconsul m (plural proconsuli)

  1. proconsul

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative proconsul proconsulul proconsuli proconsulii
genitive-dative proconsul proconsulului proconsuli proconsulilor
vocative proconsulule proconsulilor
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