praesidens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →praesideo, praesidere, praesedi, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Taking Dative
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
keep/watch/stand//guard (over); preside (over); supervise/govern/control;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Vitellius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...propter eadem haec, tum peculiari merito, quod praesidens certamini Neroneo cupientem inter citharoedos contendere nec quamvis flagitantibus cunctis..."Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...morbo obiit, accitusque in regnum Vonones Medos tum praesidens. nulla huic prospera aut adversa quis memoraretur: brevi..."