noun · masculinethird declension
prōpraetor
prōpraetor m (genitive prōpraetōris)
Classical[proːˈprae̯.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[proˈprɛː.tor]
prō praetōre
Meaning
- an ex-praetor (in Rome) sent as praetor to a province where there was no army
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prōpraetor | prōpraetōrēs |
| genitive | prōpraetōris | prōpraetōrum |
| dative | prōpraetōrī | prōpraetōribus |
| accusative | prōpraetōrem | prōpraetōrēs |
| ablative | prōpraetōre | prōpraetōribus |
| vocative | prōpraetor | prōpraetōrēs |
prō-praetor, ōris, m. (also prōprae-tōre or prō praetōre, indecl.),
I. a magistrate in the times of the republic, who, after having administered the prœtorship one year in Rome, was sent in the following year as prœtor to a province where there was no army, a proprœtor (class.).—Form propraetor:
cum bella a propraetoribus administrantur, Cic. Div. 2, 36, 76.—Form pro praetore, Sall. J. 103, 4: prorogatum Tubulo est, ut pro praetore in Etruriam succederet Calpurnio, Liv. 27, 22, 5.—II. One who administers the prœtorship of a province in the absence of the prœtor:
Aulo fratre in castris pro praetore relicto, Sall. J. 36, 4: quem pro praetore in castris relictum supra diximus, id. ib. 37, 3; Liv. 10, 25, 11; 29, 6, 9; Tac. A. 2, 66 al.; Caes. B. G. 1, 21.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
prō-praetor ōris, m
an ex-praetor, made governor of a province without military command, propraetor: a propraetoribus administrari.
Origins
Lexicalized from the prepositional phrase prō praetōre (literally “as a praetor”, “in the stead of a praetor”) as if prō- + praetor; compare also ex and excōnsul.
In English words that came into English from prōpraetor
- propraetorprōpraetor