adjective
praesĭdĭārĭus
Meaning
- that serves for defence
praesĭdĭārĭus, a, um, adj. praesidium.
I. Lit.
1. In gen., that serves for defence or protection (not in Cic. or Cæs.):
praesidiarii milites, garrison soldiers, Liv. 29, 8; cf.: dicti praesidiarii milites ante alios collocati qui erant, aut in alio loco praepositi, Fest. S. V. SVBSIDIVM, p. 306 Müll.: classis, Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 86.—2. In partic., of or belonging to the governor of a province, gubernatorial (post-class.):
togam praesidiariam accepit (al. praesidariam), Spart. Sev. 1.—B. Subst.: praesĭdĭārĭum, ii, n., a garrison, Not. Tir. p. 56.—
II. Transf.:
praesidarii malleoli, kept as a reserve in case the wine should fail, Col. 4, 15, 1: palmes, i. q. resex, id. 4, 21, 3.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
praesidiārius adj.
praesidium, serving for defence : milites, in garrison , L.