praesidens

praesidens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of praesideō (“preside over”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈprae̯.si.dens/, [ˈpräe̯s̠ɪd̪ẽːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpre.si.dens/, [ˈprɛːs̬id̪ens]

Participle

praesidēns (genitive praesidentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. sitting before or in front of
2. sitting beforehand
3. guarding, watching, protecting, defending
4. presiding over, directing, commanding, controlling, governing, superintending
5. (substantive) a president, director, ruler, governor, leader

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	praesidēns			praesidentēs	praesidentia
Genitive	praesidentis			praesidentium
Dative	praesidentī			praesidentibus
Accusative	praesidentem	praesidēns		praesidentēs praesidentīs	praesidentia
Ablative	praesidente praesidentī1			praesidentibus
Vocative	praesidēns			praesidentēs	praesidentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• English: president
• French: président
• Italian: presidente
• Polish: prezydent
• Portuguese: presidente
• Romanian: președinte
• Spanish: presidente

References

• “praesidens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praesidens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praesidens 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)
• praesidens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette