单词 | consular |
释义 | consularadj.n. A. adj. 1. a. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the Roman consuls, or (in recent history) the French consulate of 1799–1804. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [adjective] > consul consular1533 consulary1598 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [adjective] > of or relating to president of a republic > of or relating to Roman consul consular1533 consulary1598 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) iv. 320 Thay concludit to mak tribunis militare, with power consulare. 1636 E. Dacres tr. N. Machiavel Disc. Livy I. 75 The Romans..made use of them in their Consular assemblies. 1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 2 Sept. I. 39 He has not many Consular [Coyns]. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xii. 244 He had twice been invested with the consular dignity. 1870 R. W. Emerson Plutarch in Wks. (1906) III. 340 Having received from Trajan the consular dignity. b. (See quot. 1884.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [adjective] > of or relating to president of a republic > of or relating to French consulate consular1884 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 67 The consular case took the place of the pair cases seen in very old watches, and was so named in honour of Napoleon Bonaparte, at that time Consul of France. 2. Of or belonging to a consul in a foreign port. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [adjective] > relating to a consul consularya1785 consular1841 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 271 The consular tribunal was abolished..the duties on merchandise..were increased. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. (1872) I. 31 To pay a consular fee. 1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 53 We have consuls, or inferior consular officers at all the principal ports. B. n. A man of consular rank; esp. under the Roman republic, an ex-consul, and, under the empire, a legate sent as governor of a province. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [noun] > consul > man of consular rank consularc1374 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > ancient Roman > legate consularc1374 legate1577 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. vi. 51 Þilke dignitee þat men clepiþ þe emperie of consulers. 1545 G. Joye Brife Supput. in Expos. Daniel f. 11 Julius cesar first being consoler & eft-sone the first emprowr of rome. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero (ed. 3) I. iv. 242 That venerable bench of Consulars, who were justly reckoned the first Citizens of the Republic. 1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire IV. xxxvii. 260 To unite her with some noble consular. Compounds consular fasti n. Roman History a chronological list of consuls and other important magistrates (magistrate n. 1a) for each year, sometimes also recording the important events that occurred during the year.With plural agreement. [After post-classical Latin fasti consulares (perhaps 5th cent.).] ΚΠ 1695 E. Gibson tr. W. Camden Britannia 807/2 But in the Consular Fasti I do not find that any two of that name were Consuls together. 1820 J. Wilson Jrnl. Two Successive Tours Continent II. 346 Close by these is the church of Sta Maria Liberatrice, where the Consular Fasti were found. 2007 D. C. Feeney Caesar's Calendar 287 It seems perverse to locate more historical denotation in the calendrical than the consular fasti. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.c1374 |
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