Latin

Noun

praeses m ‎(genitive praesidis); third declension

1. sitting before ...
2. protector, guard, guardian, defender
3. head, chief, ruler

Inflection

Third declension.

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “praeses”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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