praesidens

== Latin == === Etymology === Present active participle of praesideō (“preside over”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈprae̯.sɪ.dẽːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɛː.s̬i.dens] === 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, 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.