prōvincia ae, f
an office, duty, pursuit, charge, business, province:
dura, T.: sibi provinciam
depoposcit, ut me trucidaret.—A public office, appointment,
charge, commission, administration, employment, command: urbana: cui
classis provincia evenerat, L.: Aquilio Hernici
provincia evenit, i. e. were assigned, L.: ut alteri
consulum Italia bellumque cum Hannibale provincia esset, sphere of action,
L.: quasi provincias atomis dare, methods of
action.—Esp., the government of a territory outside of Italy by one who had
served as magistrate in Rome, provincial government, territorial administration, command
in the name of the Roman people: in quibus (locis) provinciam
administras: numerum annorum provinciis prorogavit: provinciae rudis: provinciam
deposuit, resigned: consularis, governed by
an ex-consul.—A territory governed by a magistrate from Rome, province:
Sicilia prima omnium provincia est appellata: provincia
Syria: in provinciam cum imperio proficisci.
