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Webster 1913 Edition


Proconsul

Pro-con′sul

,
Noun.
[L., fr.
pro
for +
consul
consul.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
An officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, a province. He was usually one who had previously been consul.

Webster 1828 Edition


Proconsul

PROCON'SUL

,
Noun.
[L. pro, for, and consul.]
A Roman magistrate sent to govern a province with consular authority. The proconsuls were appointed from the body of the senate, and their authority expired at the end of a year from their appointment.

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Proconsul

Proconsul

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Proper noun

Proconsul m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Proconsulidae – a Miocene basal ape or basal catarrhine.

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proconsul

See also: Proconsul

English

Noun

proconsul (plural proconsuls)

  1. (in ancient Rome) A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province

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French

Noun

proconsul m (plural proconsuls, feminine proconsule)

  1. proconsul

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Latin

Etymology

From prō + cōnsul.

Pronunciation

Noun

prōcōnsul m (genitive prōcōnsulis); third declension

  1. proconsul; a man who became governor of a province or a military commander following a term as consul
  2. an ex-praetor made governor of a small province
  3. a governor in one of the provinces of the Roman Senate

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative procōnsul procōnsulēs
genitive procōnsulis procōnsulum
dative procōnsulī procōnsulibus
accusative procōnsulem procōnsulēs
ablative procōnsule procōnsulibus
vocative procōnsul procōnsulēs

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