propraetor
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. ἀντιστράτηγος, ὁ (late).
be propraetor, v.:ἀντιστρατηγεῖν (late).
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prō-praetor: ōris, m. (also prōprae-tōre or prō praetōre, indecl.),
I a magistrate in the times of the republic, who, after having administered the prœtorship one year in Rome, was sent in the following year as prœtor to a province where there was no army, a proprœtor (class.).—Form propraetor: cum bella a propraetoribus administrantur, Cic. Div. 2, 36, 76.—Form pro praetore, Sall. J. 103, 4: prorogatum Tubulo est, ut pro praetore in Etruriam succederet Calpurnio, Liv. 27, 22, 5.—
II One who administers the prœtorship of a province in the absence of the prœtor: Aulo fratre in castris pro praetore relicto, Sall. J. 36, 4: quem pro praetore in castris relictum supra diximus, id. ib. 37, 3; Liv. 10, 25, 11; 29, 6, 9; Tac. A. 2, 66 al.; Caes. B. G. 1, 21.
Latin > German (Georges)
prō-praetor, ōris, m. u. pro praetore, der nach Verwaltung der Prätur als Statthalter in eine Provinz ohne milit. Kommando geschickte Prätor, der Proprätor, Cic. u.a.
Latin > English
propraetor propraetoris N M :: ex-praetor; one sent to govern a province as praetor
