praeses

Latin

Etymology

From praesideō +‎ -s, from sedeō.

Noun

praeses m (genitive praesidis); third declension

1. sitting before (usually to guard or take care of something or someone)
2. protector, guard, guardian, defender

   Synonyms: dēfēnsor, vindex, cū̆stōs, appāritor

3. head, chief, ruler

   Synonym: magister

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	praeses	praesidēs
Genitive	praesidis	praesidum
Dative	praesidī	praesidibus
Accusative	praesidem	praesidēs
Ablative	praeside	praesidibus
Vocative	praeses	praesidēs

Derived terms

• praesidium

References

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