noun · masculinefourth declension
magistrātus
magistrātus m (genitive magistrātūs)
Classical[ma.ɡɪsˈtraː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ma.d͡ʒisˈtraː.tus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- a magistrate, official
Iūra magistrātūsque legunt sānctumque senātum
[they are making] laws and appointing magistrates and a hallowed senate29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.426 - a magisterial office, civil office, magistracy
magistrātum tenēre
to hold a magistracyCn. Fuluius Centumalus P. Sulpicius Galba consules cum idibus Martiis magistratum inissent, senatu in Capitolium uocato, de re publica, de administratione belli, de prouinciis exercitibusque patres consuluerunt.
When the consuls Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus and Publius Sulpicius Galba took up the magistracy on the Ides of March, they summoned the senate to the Capitoline Hill and consulted the senators on issues regarding the state, the handling of the war, the provinces and the armies.27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 26.1
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
vir cui populus imperium dedit; suprā sedet et iūs dīcit.magistrātus -ūs m — in Mille Verba, Basilica et Iūs
quī rem pūblicam geritmagistrātus -ūs (m) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 18
honor pūblicus; quī eum geritmagistrātus -ūs (m) — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 11
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | magistrātus | magistrātūs |
| genitive | magistrātūs | magistrātuum |
| dative | magistrātuī | magistrātibus |
| accusative | magistrātum | magistrātūs magistrātōs |
| ablative | magistrātū | magistrātibus |
| vocative | magistrātus | magistrātūs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- abire magistratu
- to give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office).
- inire magistratum
- to enter into office.
- deponere magistratum
- to give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office).
- magistratus vitio creati
- magistrates elected irregularly (i.e. either when the auspices have been unfavourable or when some formality has been neglected).
- petere magistratum, honores
- to seek office.
- continuare alicui magistratum
- to prolong some one's office for another year.
- comitia magistratibus creandis
- meetings for the election of officers.
- abdicare se magistratu (Div. 2. 35)
- to resign one's post (before the expiry of the term of office).
2 more phrases
- magistratus et imperia (Sall. Iug. 3. 1)
- civil and military offices.
- continuare magistratum (Sall. Iug. 37. 2)
- to continue one's office for another year.
măgistrātus, ūs (contr. form:
I.
magistras primus, Inscr. Orell. 3798), m. magister, the office or rank of a magister, a magisterial office, civil office, magistracy. I. Lit.:
honores, magistratus, imperia, potestates, Cic. Lael. 17, 63: magistratūs mandare, id. Mur 35, 74: dare, id. Agr. 2, 10, 26: alicui committere, id. Planc. 25, 61: magistratum habere, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 61, § 137: obtinere, to hold, administer, Caes. B. G. 7, 33: ingredi, to enter upon, Sall. J. 47: magistratu abire, to resign, Cic. Leg. 3, 20, 47: se abdicare, Dig. 1, 2, 2: deponere, Caes. B. G. 7, 33: in magistratu manere, to remain in office, Liv. 5, 11: esse, id. 5, 28: aliquid gerere in magistratu, Cic. Leg. 3, 20, 47: hoc mihi deposco, quod agam in magistratu, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36: lex est generale jussum populi aut plebis, rogante magistratu, Att. Cap. ap. Gell. 10, 20, 2.—There were two kinds of civil offices in Rome, magistratus extraordinarii and ordinarii. To the former belonged the dictators, the magistri equitum, the duumviri perduellionis, the quaestores rerum capitalium, the triumviri mensarii, etc. The latter were divided into the majores: the consulate, praetorship, and censorship; and the minores, to which belonged the aediles, the quaestors, the tribuni plebis, the triumviri, etc. Besides these, there were magistratus patricii, which, at first, were filled by patricians; and, on the other hand, magistratus plebeii, which were filled from the plebs; curules, who had the privilege of using the sella curulis, namely, the consuls, censors, praetors, and aediles curules. On the distinction between magistratus majores and minores, v. esp. Gell. 13, 15, 4; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 157.—B. Esp.
1. When magistratus and imperia are joined together, the former denotes magisterial offices in Rome, and the latter the authority of officers in the provinces:
magistratus et imperia minime mihi cupiunda videntur, Sall. J. 3; cf.: juris dictionem de fidei commissis, quot annis et tantum in urbe delegari magistratibus solitam, in perpetuum atque etiam per provincias potestatibus demandavit, Suet. Claud. 23: magistratus, as a general rule, is used of civil offices alone, and only by way of exception of military commands; the latter were called imperia: abstinentiam neque in imperiis, neque in magistratibus praestitit, Suet. Caes. 54.—2. Of military commands:
erat in classe Chabrias privatus, sed omnes, qui in magistratu erant, auctoritate anteibat, Nep. Chabr. 4, 1.—II. Transf., a magistrate, public functionary: quae vox (magistratus) duabus significationibus notatur. Nam aut personam ipsam demonstrat, ut cum dicimus: magistratus jussit; aut honorem, ut cum dicimus: Tito magistratus datus est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 126 Müll.:
est proprium munus magistratūs, intelligere, se gerere personam civitatis, Cic. Off. 1, 34, 124; Sall. J. 19: seditiosi, id. ib. 73: creare magistratus, Liv. 5, 17: his enim magistratibus legati Romam venerunt, in their consulate, Nep. Hann. 7: inter filium magistratum et patrem privatum, Gell. 2, 2. —B. Esp., sing. collect., the body of magistrates, the municipal administration (cf. Gr. ἀρχή = ἄρχοντες;
not in Cic.): ad magistratum senatumque Lacedaemoniorum, Nep. Them. 7. 4; id. Lys. 4, 3; id. Epam. 4, 3.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
magistrātus ūs, m
magister, the office of master, magisterial office, civil office, magistracy : magistratūs, imperia: in magistratibus mandandis: magistratum habere: ingredi, enter upon , S.: magistratu abire, resign : abdicato magistratu, S.: in magistratu manere, remain in office , L.— A magistrate, public functionary : magistratūs adi, Iudicium ut reddant tibi, T.: cum multitudinem hominum magistratūs cogerent, Cs.: legum ministri magistratūs (sunt): seditiosi, S.: his magistratibus, in their consulate , N.: Iura magistratūsque legunt, V.—Collect., the body of magistrates, the municipal administration : potestas magistratui permittitur, S.: unum magistratum cum ipsis habere, Cs.: ad magistratum senatumque Lacedaemoniorum, N.— Military command, office : in classe qui in magistratu erant, N.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātus Latin magistrātus From magister + -ātus.
Descendants
- Englishmagistrate
- Frenchmagistrat
- GermanMagistrat
- Portuguesemagistrado
- Romanianmagistrat
- Spanishmagistrado
In English words that came into English from magistrātus
- magistratemagistrātus