praetor

== English == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === From Middle English pretour, pretor, from the Anglo-Norman pretour, pretore, the Middle French preteur (from the Old French pretor; compare the Modern French préteur), and their etymon, the Classical Latin praetor (“leader”, “commander”, “magistrate”); the Latin praetor being contracted from *praeitor (“one who goes before”), from praeeō (“to go before”), from prae (“before”) + eō (“to go”); compare the Italian pretore, the Portuguese pretor, and the Spanish pretor. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: prēʹtôr, IPA(key): /ˈpɹiːtɔː/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹiːtɚ/, /ˈpɹeɪːtɚ/ Rhymes: -iːtɔː(ɹ) === Noun === praetor (plural praetors or praetores) (history) The title designating a Roman administrative official whose role changed over time: (originally) A consul in command of the army. (after 366 BC) An annually-elected curule magistrate, subordinate to the consuls in provincial administration, and who performed some of their duties; numbering initially only one, later two (either of the praetor urbānus (“urban praetor”) or the praetor peregrīnus (“peregrine praetor”)), and eventually eighteen. (by extension) A high civic or administrative official, especially a chief magistrate or mayor. Sometimes used as a title. (historical, translating Italian "pretore") The title of the chief magistrate, the mayor, and/or the podestà in Palermo, in Verona, and in various other parts of 17th- and 18th-century Italy. ==== Synonyms ==== (Roman office): provost (obs.) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== praetor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === prorate == Latin == === Etymology === From earlier *praiitōr. Equal to praeeō +‎ -tor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈprae̯.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɛː.tor] === Noun === praetor m (genitive praetōris); third declension leader, head, chief, president praetor (office) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== praetōriānus praetōrium ==== Descendants ==== === References === “praetor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “praetor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "praetor", 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) “praetor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “praetor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers praetor in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 “praetor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin