praesidens
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Present active participle of praesideō (“preside over”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈprae̯.si.dens/, [ˈpräe̯s̠ɪd̪ẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpre.si.dens/, [ˈprɛːs̬id̪ens]
Participle edit
praesidēns (genitive praesidentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- sitting before or in front of
- sitting beforehand
- guarding, watching, protecting, defending
- presiding over, directing, commanding, controlling, governing, superintending
- (substantive) a president, director, ruler, governor, leader
Declension edit
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | praesidēns | praesidentēs | praesidentia | ||
| Genitive | praesidentis | praesidentium | |||
| Dative | praesidentī | praesidentibus | |||
| Accusative | praesidentem | praesidēns | praesidentēs praesidentīs |
praesidentia | |
| Ablative | praesidente praesidentī1 |
praesidentibus | |||
| Vocative | praesidēns | praesidentēs | praesidentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants edit
- English: president
- French: président
- Italian: presidente
- Polish: prezydent
- Portuguese: presidente
- Romanian: președinte
- Russian: президент (prezident)
- Spanish: presidente
References edit
- “praesidens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praesidens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praesidens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- praesidens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.