单词 | propraetorial |
释义 | propraetorialadj. Of, relating to, or acting as a propraetor; under the rule of a propraetor. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [adjective] > ancient Roman proconsulary1598 proconsular1610 prefectorian1683 correctorial1731 propraetorial1764 propraetorian1834 society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [adjective] > praetor > propraetor propraetorial1764 propraetorian1834 1764 Blackwell's Mem. Court Augustus (ed. 3) II. ii. 350 The Propretorial Power was to be vested in the young Octavius. 1885 J. G. Frazer in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 885/1 Thus the distinction between consular (or proconsular) and prætorial (or proprætorial) provinces varied from year to year with the military exigencies of different parts of the empire. 1891 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 12 80 The reference seems to be to a restoration of the Forum by a pro-praetorial governor. 1971 Classical Philol. 66 24/2 At the end of Poem 28 Catullus censures propraetorial governors as the opprobria Romuli Remique. 2002 S. Butler Hand of Cicero iii. 45 Cicero..suggests that Verres must have written the letter in Italy before crossing the strait, so that he might send it as soon as he stepped off the ship and into the province of his propraetorial jurisdiction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1764 |
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