Machthaber

From LSJ

Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

German > Latin

Machthaber, dominus (Herr, Gebieter) – princeps (Fürst). – rex (König). – der M. im Staate, qui summam imperii tenet; penes quem est omnis oder summa potestas: die Machthaber in der Stadt, qui cum summo imperio et potestate versantur in urbe (als Beamte); principes (die Vornehmen übh.); potentiores (die Mächtigern).