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English
Etymology
From the Latin prōpraetor.
Pronunciation
Noun
propraetor (plural propraetors)
- A magistrate of ancient Rome who governed a province after serving as a praetor in Rome.
Derived terms
Translations
a magistrate of ancient Rome
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
prōpraetor m (genitive prōpraetōris); third declension
- An ex-praetor (in Rome) sent as praetor to a province where there was no army
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “propraetor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “propraetor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- propraetor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “propraetor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “propraetor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin