praesum
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈprae̯.sum/, [ˈpräe̯s̠ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpre.sum/, [ˈprɛːs̬um]
Verb
praesum (present infinitive praeesse, perfect active praefuī, future participle praefutūrus); irregular conjugation, irregular, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle
- to be before something
- to preside or rule over
- Synonym: cūrō
- to lead, take the lead
- to command, have command, be in command of, have charge of, be in charge of (with dative of the thing or person being commanded)
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
- Si supplemento opus esset, suppleret de legionibus quibus P. Cornelius pro praetore in Sicilia praeesset, […]
- If reinforcements were needed, he should supply them with the legions which Publius Cornelius, propraetor, was in charge of in Sicily, […]
- Si supplemento opus esset, suppleret de legionibus quibus P. Cornelius pro praetore in Sicilia praeesset, […]
Conjugation
Note: This verb takes a dative object.
Derived terms
References
- “praesum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praesum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praesum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to have the management of the state: rei publicae praeesse
- to perform official duties: munere fungi, muneri praeesse
- to be president of a court: iudicio praeesse
- to preside over an inquiry: quaestioni praeesse
- to be at the head of an army: praeesse exercitui
- to be commander-in-chief: imperii summae praeesse
- to have the management of the state: rei publicae praeesse
- praesum in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
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