praesidium
See also: Präsidium
French
Further reading
- “praesidium” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Etymology
From praeses.
Noun
praesidium n (genitive praesidiī); second declension
- defence, protection, help, aid, assistance
- 100 BCE – 44 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
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | praesidium | praesidia |
| Genitive | praesidiī | praesidiōrum |
| Dative | praesidiō | praesidiīs |
| Accusative | praesidium | praesidia |
| Ablative | praesidiō | praesidiīs |
| Vocative | praesidium | praesidia |
Descendants
References
- 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, 1883–1887)
- praesidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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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