praesidens

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Latin

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Etymology

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Present active participle of praesideō (preside over).

Pronunciation

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Participle

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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

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Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender 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

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References

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  • 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’s 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.