praesidium
See also: Präsidium
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin praesidium. Doublet of presidio and presidium.
Noun
editpraesidium (plural praesidia or praesidiums)
- Alternative form of presidium
French
editNoun
editpraesidium m (plural praesidiums)
- Alternative spelling of présidium
Further reading
edit- “praesidium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom praeses (“guardian, defender”) + -ium or praesideō (“to guard, defend”) + -ium.
Noun
editpraesidium n (genitive praesidiī or praesidī); second declension
- defence, protection, guardianship
- Synonyms: munitio, moles, mūnīmentum
- help, aid, assistance
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.44:
- Amicitiam populi Romani sibi ornamento et praesidio, non detrimento esse oportere, atque se hac spe petisse.
- That the friendship of the Roman people ought to prove to him an ornament and a safeguard, not a detriment; and that he sought it with that expectation.
- Amicitiam populi Romani sibi ornamento et praesidio, non detrimento esse oportere, atque se hac spe petisse.
- guard, garrison, convoy, escort
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.8:
- Eo opere perfecto praesidia disponit, castella communit, quo facilius, si se invito transire conentur, prohibere possit.
- When that work was finished, he distributes garrisons, and closely fortifies redoubts, in order that he may the more easily intercept them, if they should attempt to cross over against his will.
- Eo opere perfecto praesidia disponit, castella communit, quo facilius, si se invito transire conentur, prohibere possit.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | praesidium | praesidia |
Genitive | praesidiī praesidī1 |
praesidiōrum |
Dative | praesidiō | praesidiīs |
Accusative | praesidium | praesidia |
Ablative | praesidiō | praesidiīs |
Vocative | praesidium | praesidia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
edit- Asturian: preséu
- Catalan: presidi, presídium
- French: présidium, praesidium, præsidium
- Italian: presidio
- Portuguese: presídio
- Romanian: prezidiu
- Spanish: presidio
- → English: presidio
- → Russian: президиум (prezidium)
- → English: presidium
- → Ukrainian: прези́дія (prezýdija)
References
edit- “praesidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praesidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praesidium 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)
- praesidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to protect the troops in the rear: novissimis praesidio esse
- to garrison a town: praesidiis firmare urbem
- to garrison a town: praesidium collocare in urbe
- to station posts, pickets, at intervals: praesidia, custodias disponere
- to strengthen the camp by outposts: castra praesidiis firmare
- to leave troops to guard the camp: praesidio castris milites relinquere
- to protect the troops in the rear: novissimis praesidio esse
- “praesidium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “praesidium”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
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