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praesidens
praesidens
Latin
Participle
praesidēns m, f, n (genitive praesidentis); third declension
- sitting before or in front of
- sitting beforehand
- guarding, watching, protecting, defending
- presiding over, directing, commanding, controlling, governing, superintending
- (substantive) a president, director, ruler, governor, leader
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | praesidēns | praesidentēs | praesidentia | ||
| genitive | praesidentis | praesidentium | |||
| dative | praesidentī | praesidentibus | |||
| accusative | praesidentem | praesidēns | praesidentēs | praesidentia | |
| ablative | praesidente, praesidentī1 | praesidentibus | |||
| vocative | praesidēns | praesidentēs | praesidentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants
- English: president
- French: président
- Italian: presidente
- Polish: prezydent
- Spanish: presidente
References
- praesidens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praesidens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PRAESIDENS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “praesidens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.