praetor

Senso (Inglese)

1. The title designating a Roman administrative official whose role changed over time:
2. The title designating a Roman administrative official whose role changed over time:
3. (broadly) A high civic or administrative official, especially a chief magistrate or mayor. Sometimes used as a title.
4. (historical) The title of the chief magistrate, the mayor, and/or the podestà in Palermo, in Verona, and in various other parts of 17th- and 18th-century Italy.

Concetti

pretore

sinonimi

pretor

Traduzioni

préteur

πραίτορας

pretor

Prätor

pretor

eski Roma’da hakim

pretor

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈpɹiːtɔː/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: pretour

Affine francese antico: pretor

Affine francese: préteur

Affine latino:

Affine italiano: pretore

Affine portoghese: pretor

Affine spagnolo: pretor

In summary

From Middle English pretour, pretor, from the Anglo-Norman pretour, pretore, the Middle French preteur (from the Old French pretor; compare the Modern French préteur), and their etymon, the Classical Latin praetor (“leader”, “commander”, “magistrate”); the Latin praetor being contracted from *praeitor (“one who goes before”), from praeeō (“I go before”), from prae (“before”) + eō (“I go”); compare the Italian pretore, the Portuguese pretor, and the Spanish pretor.