praetor
The title designating a Roman administrative official whose role changed over timeThe title designating a Roman administrative official whose role changed over time: A consul in command of the army.
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Значение
значений: 4The title designating a Roman administrative official whose role changed over time:
A consul in command of the army.
Prätor
преторpretor
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.
(шире)A high civic or administrative official, especially a chief magistrate or mayor. Sometimes used as a title.
(историческое)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.
- an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic
Примеры
предложений: 1Did the praetor order you to appear?
Переводы
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Происхождение
From Middle English pretour, pretor, from the Anglo-Norman pretour, pretore, the Middle FrFrom 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.
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