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English

Etymology

From Latin pr?c?nsul?ris.

Adjective

proconsular (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a proconsul, or the office thereof.

Related terms

• consular
• proconsul

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?okonsu?la?/, [p?o.kõn.su?la?]

Adjective

proconsular (plural proconsulares)

1. proconsular

English

Etymology

From Latin pr?c?nsul.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p????k?n.s?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p?o??k?n.s?l/

Noun

proconsul (plural proconsuls)

1. (in ancient Rome) A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province.

Related terms

• proconsular
• proconsulship
• proconsulate

Translations

Further reading

• proconsul on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin pr?c?nsul.

Noun

proconsul m (plural proconsuls, feminine proconsule)

1. proconsul

Derived terms

• proconsulaire

Further reading

• “proconsul” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

From pr? + c?nsul.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pro??kon.sul/, [p?o??kõ?s????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro?kon.sul/, [p???k?nsul]

Noun

pr?c?nsul m (genitive pr?c?nsulis); third declension

1. proconsul; a man who became governor of a province or a military commander following a term as consul
2. an ex-praetor made governor of a small province
3. a governor in one of the provinces of the Roman Senate

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• pr?c?nsul?ris
• pr?c?nsul?tus

Related terms

Descendants

• Catalan: procònsol
• English: proconsul
• French: proconsul
• Galician: procónsul
• Italian: proconsole
• Portuguese: procônsul
• Russian: ????????? (prokonsul)
• Spanish: procónsul

References

• proconsul in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• proconsul in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• proconsul in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• proconsul in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• proconsul in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• proconsul in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin proconsul

Noun

proconsul m (plural proconsuli)

1. proconsul

Declension