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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.
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
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See also: Proconsul
English
Noun
proconsul (plural proconsuls)
- (in ancient Rome) A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
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Translations
in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
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Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proːˈkoːn.sul/
Noun
prōcōnsul m (genitive prōcōnsulis); third declension
- proconsul; a man who became governor of a province or a military commander following a term as consul
- an ex-praetor made governor of a small province
- 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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References
- proconsul in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- proconsul in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PROCONSUL in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “proconsul”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- proconsul in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- proconsul in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin