praefectus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of praeficiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯ˈfɛk.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [preˈfɛk.t̪us]
Noun
praefectus m (genitive praefectī, feminine praefectissa); second declension
- officer, prefect, superintendent, official, commander, captain
- praefectus praetorii ― commander of the praetorian guard; praetorian prefect
- praefectus Aegypti ― the governor of Egypt
- praefectus castrorum ― the camp prefect, commander of the camp
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | praefectus | praefectī |
| genitive | praefectī | praefectōrum |
| dative | praefectō | praefectīs |
| accusative | praefectum | praefectōs |
| ablative | praefectō | praefectīs |
| vocative | praefecte | praefectī |
Adjective
praefectus (feminine praefecta, neuter praefectum); first/second-declension participle
- put in charge
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | praefectus | praefecta | praefectum | praefectī | praefectae | praefecta | |
| genitive | praefectī | praefectae | praefectī | praefectōrum | praefectārum | praefectōrum | |
| dative | praefectō | praefectae | praefectō | praefectīs | |||
| accusative | praefectum | praefectam | praefectum | praefectōs | praefectās | praefecta | |
| ablative | praefectō | praefectā | praefectō | praefectīs | |||
| vocative | praefecte | praefecta | praefectum | praefectī | praefectae | praefecta | |
Verb
praefectus
- perfect passive participle of praeficiō
Descendants
- → French: préfet
- → German: Präfekt
- → Serbo-Croatian: prefekt
- → Old French: prefect
- → English: prefect
- → Portuguese: prefeito
- → Romanian: prefect
- → Spanish: prefecto
References
- “praefectus, -a, -um”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praefectus, -i”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praefectus, -i”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "praefectus", 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)
- praefectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- praefectus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “praefectus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin