praetor ōris, m
for * praeitor; prae+1
I-,
a leader, head, chief, president, chief magistrate, chief executive,
commander
: se praetores appellari volebant (the chief magistrates of
Capua): maximus, L.: creant praetores, qui
exercitui praeessent,
generals
, N.—In Rome,
a praetor, magistrate charged with the administration of justice
(first appointed B.C. 367, from the patricians; plebeians became
eligible after B.C. 338; after B.C. 264 two were chosen each year,
one with jurisdiction over citizens, the other over strangers): urbanus: urbis: cum
praetores designati sortirentur,
had their jurisdiction assigned by lot
: praetor primus centuriis cunctis renunciatus, i.
e.
appointed first.—A propraetor, ex-praetor as governor of a
province
: dicto audientem fuisse se praetori.—
A proconsul
.