English

Alternative forms

• proprætor

Noun

propraetor ‎(plural propraetors)

1. A magistrate of ancient Rome who governed a province after serving as a praetor in Rome.

Derived terms

• propraetorship

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proːˈprae̯.tor/, [proːˈprae̯.tɔr]

Noun

prōpraetor m ‎(genitive prōpraetōris); third declension

1. An ex-praetor (in Rome) sent as praetor to a province where there was no army

Inflection

Third declension.

References

• propraetor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• propraetor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “propraetor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• propraetor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• propraetor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin