praefectus
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Latin
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Etymology
[edit]Perfect passive participle of praeficiō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈfek.tus/, [präe̯ˈfɛkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preˈfek.tus/, [preˈfɛkt̪us]
Noun
[edit]praefectus m (genitive praefectī, feminine praefectissa); second declension
- officer, prefect, superintendent, official, commander, captain
- praefectus praetorii ― commander of the praetorian guard; praetorian prefect
- praefectus Aegypti ― the governor of Egypt
- praefectus castrorum ― the camp prefect, commander of the camp
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | praefectus | praefectī |
Genitive | praefectī | praefectōrum |
Dative | praefectō | praefectīs |
Accusative | praefectum | praefectōs |
Ablative | praefectō | praefectīs |
Vocative | praefecte | praefectī |
Adjective
[edit]praefectus (feminine praefecta, neuter praefectum); first/second-declension participle
- put in charge
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | praefectus | praefecta | praefectum | praefectī | praefectae | praefecta | |
Genitive | praefectī | praefectae | praefectī | praefectōrum | praefectārum | praefectōrum | |
Dative | praefectō | praefectō | praefectīs | ||||
Accusative | praefectum | praefectam | praefectum | praefectōs | praefectās | praefecta | |
Ablative | praefectō | praefectā | praefectō | praefectīs | |||
Vocative | praefecte | praefecta | praefectum | praefectī | praefectae | praefecta |
Verb
[edit]praefectus
Descendants
[edit]- → French: préfet
- → German: Präfekt
- → Serbo-Croatian: prefekt
- → Old French: prefect
- → English: prefect
- → Portuguese: prefeito
- → Romanian: prefect
- → Spanish: prefecto
References
[edit]- “praefectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praefectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praefectus 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)
- praefectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- praefectus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “praefectus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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