praesidens

Latin

Etymology

    Present active participle of praesideō (“preside over”).

    Pronunciation

    Participle

    praesidēns (genitive praesidentis); third-declension one-termination participle

    1. sitting before or in front of
    2. sitting beforehand
    3. guarding, watching, protecting, defending
    4. presiding over, directing, commanding, controlling, governing, superintending
    5. (substantive) a president, director, ruler, governor, leader

    Declension

    Third-declension participle.

    singular plural
    masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
    nominative praesidēns praesidentēs praesidentia
    genitive praesidentis praesidentium
    dative praesidentī praesidentibus
    accusative praesidentem praesidēns praesidentēs
    praesidentīs     		praesidentia
    ablative praesidente
    praesidentī1     		praesidentibus
    vocative praesidēns praesidentēs praesidentia

    1When used purely as an adjective.

    Descendants

    Descendants

    References

    • “praesidens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “praesidens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "praesidens", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “praesidens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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