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the body-guard of the governor

  • 1 praeficio

    prae-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. [facio], to set over any thing (as officer, superintendent, leader, etc.), to place in authority over, place at the head, appoint to the command of.
    I.
    Lit. (freq. and class.; cf.:

    praepono, praefero): te cum securi caudicali praeficio provinciae,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 25:

    praefeci rure recte qui curet tamen,

    id. Cas. 1, 1, 17:

    aliquem pecori,

    Cic. Planc. 25, 62:

    certum magistratum alicui procurationi,

    id. Leg. 2, 26, 66:

    imperatorem bello,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49:

    tantis rebus,

    id. ib. 10, 27:

    legatos legionibus,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 24:

    pontifices sacris,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26:

    aliquem sacerdotio Neptuni,

    Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27:

    libertos rationibus, libellis et epistulis,

    Tac. A. 6, 8:

    aliquem provinciae,

    id. ib. 13, 46;

    2, 4: aliquem classi,

    Nep. Milt. 4, 1; Liv. 35, 42 et saep.:

    lucis Avernis,

    Verg. A. 6, 118:

    Juno sacris praefecta maritis,

    Ov. H. 12, 87:

    in eo exercitu inimici mei fratrem praefecerat,

    had given him a command, Cic. Sest. 18, 41. —
    II.
    Trop., to set over, etc. (rare): nec locus nec materia invenitur, cui divinationem praeficere possimus, Cic. Div. 2, 4, 12. —Hence, as subst.: praefectus, i, m., an overseer, director, president, chief, commander, prefect.
    A.
    In gen.:

    gumnasi praefecto poenas pendere,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 22:

    villae,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 17 fin.:

    tu (censor) es praefectus moribus,

    Cic. Clu. 46, 129; cf.:

    praefectus morum,

    Nep. Hamilc. 3, 2:

    nec vero mulieribus praefectus praeponatur,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 6, 16 (Non. 499, 13); cf. Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 30:

    cum praefectus custodum quaesisset, etc.,

    Nep. Eum. 11, 1:

    his utitur quasi praefectis libidinum suarum,

    Cic. Red. in Sen. 6, 15.—
    B.
    In partic., as a title of particular civil or military officers, a president, superintendent, commander, governor, etc.:

    praefectus aerarii or aerario,

    a treasurer, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2; id. Pan. 92; Gell. 13, 24, 30; Capitol. Gord. 4: annonae, a superintendent of grain or of the markets, Tac. A. 11, 31; Inscr. Orell. 1084; 1186; 1091;

    3169: castrorum or castris,

    an officer who attended to the pitching of the camp and all matters connected therewith, a quartermaster, Vell. 2, 112, 6; 119, 4; 120, 4; Tac. A. 14, 37; 1, 20; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 10:

    classis,

    an admiral, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89; Liv. 26, 48; 36, 20; 42; Flor. 3, 7; afterwards also for a captain of a ship, Tac. H. 3, 12; Veg. Mil. 4, 32; Inscr. Orell. 3596;

    who was formerly called praefectus navis: dextrum cornu praefectos navium ad terram explicare jubet,

    Liv. 36, 44; Flor. 2, 5: fabrūm, in the army, a superintendent of the military engines, chief engineer, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 2; id. B. C. 1, 24, 4; Nep. Att. 12, 4; Vell. 2, 76, 1; Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48; Inscr. Orell. 4906;

    in the free towns and colonies,

    a superintendent of public works, ib. 516: equitum, a commander of the cavalry, as we say, a colonel or general of cavalry, Hirt. B. G. 8, 12; Vell. 2, 24, 1;

    called also simply praefectus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 3, 7; Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 7; cf.

    cohortium,

    Sall. J. 46, 7: legionis, in the time of the emperors, the same that was previously called legatus legionis, a commander of the legion, i. q. our colonel, Tac. H. 1, 82; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Galb. 11; 14; id. Calig. 56; id. Ner. 21; Inscr. Grut. 465, 2; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 9:

    praefectus regis or regius,

    a commander-in-chief, generalissimo, Liv. 36, 11; Sall. J. 46, 5; Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; id. Ages. 2, 3; cf. Flor. 3, 5; 11:

    praefectus praetorio and praetorii, in the time of the emperors,

    a commander of the imperial body - guard, pretorian prefect, Tac. A. 1, 24; id. H. 1, 13; 19; Dig. 1, 11 et saep.; in later times, a governor of a province of the Roman empire: praefectus urbi or urbis, governor of the city of Rome, in the times of the republic, appointed only to represent the consul during the latter's absence; under the emperors, a perpetual office with a particular jurisdiction, Varr. ap. Gell. 14, 7; Tac. A. 6, 10; 11; Plin. 11, 38, 90, § 223; Suet. Aug. 33; Inscr. Orell. 3153 sq.:

    vigilum or vigilibus,

    a captain of the watch, Dig. 1, 15, 3; 47, 2, 58; Inscr. Orell. 801; 1088; 1929:

    Aegypti,

    the governor of the province of Egypt, Suet. Aug. 18; 66; id. Vesp. 6; Dig. 1, 17; Inscr. Orell. 709; 3651; so,

    Lydiae, Ioniae, totiusque Phrygiae,

    Nep. Dat. 2, 5:

    Alpium,

    Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 134; Inscr. Grut. 287, 7.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praeficio

  • 2 praetōrium

        praetōrium ī, n    [praetor].—In a camp, the general's tent: tueri praetorium, L.: fit concursus in praetorium, Cs.—In a province, the governor's residence, government house: curritur ad praetorium.— Plur, a palace: sedet ad praetoria regis, Iu.—Of private mansions, palaces, Iu.: ipsa ad praetoria, i. e. the queen-bee's cell, V.— A council of war (held in the general's tent): ita missum, L.: praetorio dimisso, L.— The imperial body-guard: in praetorium accepto, Ta.
    * * *
    general's tent; headquarters; governor's residence, government house; palace

    Latin-English dictionary > praetōrium

  • 3 cohors

        cohors rtis （acc. cortem, C.), f    [com- + HER-], a court, enclosure, yard, pen, cattle-yard, O.: habes cortem in Palatio, i. e. your house.—A crowd, multitude, company, throng, train: gigantum, H.: fratrum stipata, V.: impura, villanous mob: febrium, H. — In the army, a company, division, cohort (the tenth part of a legion, or six centuriae, about 360 men), Cs.: cum cohortibus expeditis ire, S. — A train, retinue, body of attendants, staff, suite: praetoria, the body-guard of the governor: praetoris: Metelli: tota tua illa: laudat Brutum laudatque cohortem, H.: cf. scortorum praetoria.—Auxiliary troops, allies, S.
    * * *
    court; enclosure/yard/pen, farmyard; attendants, retinue, staff; circle; crowd; cohort, tenth part of legion (360 men); armed force; band; ship crew; bodyguard

    Latin-English dictionary > cohors

  • 4 praetorium

    praetōrĭum, ii, n. [praetor].
    I.
    A general's tent, Liv. 10, 33:

    dictatoris,

    id. 7, 12:

    imperatoris Aequorum,

    id. 3, 25; Caes. B. C. 1, 76.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A council of war (because held in the general's tent):

    praetorio dimisso,

    Liv. 30, 5; 37, 5:

    missum,

    id. 21, 54, 3.—
    2.
    The official residence of the governor in a province, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 65:

    curritur ad praetorium,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 35, § 92; Vulg. Matt. 27, 27.—
    3.
    A palace (post-Aug.):

    sedet ad praetoria regis,

    Juv. 10, 161:

    Herodis,

    Vulg. Act. 23, 35; id. Phil. 1, 13.—
    4.
    In gen., a magnificent building, a splendid country-seat (post-Aug.):

    ampla et operosa praetoria,

    Suet. Aug. 72:

    in exstructionibus praetoriorum atque villarum,

    id. Calig. 37; id. Tib. 39:

    alternas servant praetoria ripas,

    Stat. S. 1, 3, 25; Juv. 1, 75; Dig. 31, 1, 35; 50, 16, 198.—
    5.
    Of other dwelling - places, the cell of the queen-bee:

    et circa regem atque ipsa ad praetoria, densae Miscentur,

    Verg. G. 4, 75. —Of Diogenes's tub:

    utcumque sol se inclinaverat, Diogenis simul praetorium vertebatur,

    Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, 14.—
    II.
    The imperial body - guard, the guards, whose commander was called praefectus praetorio or praetorii:

    in praetorium accepti,

    Tac. H. 4, 26 fin.:

    meruit in praetorio Augusti centurio,

    Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 82:

    militare in praetorio,

    id. 25, 2, 6, § 17:

    ascriptis veteranis e praetorio,

    Suet. Ner. 9:

    praetorii praefectus,

    Tac. H. 1, 19.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praetorium

  • 5 σπεκουλάτωρ

    A speculator, prop. scout: but in the Roman Imperial army,
    1 one of the principales or head-quarters' staff of a legionary commander or provincial governor (whose duties included the carrying out of executions), Ev.Marc.6.27, POxy.1193.1 (iv A.D.), etc.

    Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > σπεκουλάτωρ

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