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praefectus
praefectus
Latin
Noun
praefectus m (genitive praefectī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | praefectus | praefectī |
| genitive | praefectī | praefectōrum |
| dative | praefectō | praefectīs |
| accusative | praefectum | praefectōs |
| ablative | praefectō | praefectīs |
| vocative | praefecte | praefectī |
Adjective
praefectus m (feminine praefecta, neuter praefectum); first/second declension
- put in charge
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | praefectus | praefecta | praefectum | praefectī | praefectae | praefecta | |
| genitive | praefectī | praefectae | praefectī | praefectōrum | praefectārum | praefectōrum | |
| dative | praefectō | praefectō | praefectīs | ||||
| accusative | praefectum | praefectam | praefectum | praefectōs | praefectās | praefecta | |
| ablative | praefectō | praefectā | praefectō | praefectīs | |||
| vocative | praefecte | praefecta | praefectum | praefectī | praefectae | praefecta | |
Verb
praefectus
- perfect passive participle of praeficiō
Descendants
References
- praefectus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praefectus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PRAEFECTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “praefectus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- praefectus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- praefectus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin