Noun: praesidium
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Declension: Second
Nominative
| Singular | praesidium |
| Plural | praesidia |
Genitive
| Singular | praesidiī; praesidī |
| Plural | praesidiōrum |
Dative
| Singular | praesidiō |
| Plural | praesidiīs |
Accusative
| Singular | praesidium |
| Plural | praesidia |
Ablative
| Singular | praesidiō |
| Plural | praesidiīs |
Vocative
| Singular | praesidium |
| Plural | praesidia |
Sample Sentences
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Amicitiam populi Romani sibi ornamento et praesidio, non detrimento esse oportere, atque se hac spe petisse. (That the friendship of the Roman people ought to prove to him an ornament and a safeguard, not a detriment; and that he sought it with that expectation.) [c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.44]
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Eo opere perfecto praesidia disponit, castella communit, quo facilius, si se invito transire conentur, prohibere possit. (When that work was finished, he distributes garrisons, and closely fortifies redoubts, in order that he may the more easily intercept them, if they should attempt to cross over against his will.) [c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.8]
Nouns inflected like praesidium
ēmūnctōrium,
antistitium,
senium,
plantārium,
rīsiloquium,
solium,
palmārium,
tīrōcinium,
occipitium,
tettīgonium,
larārium,
pāpārium,
evangelium,
glōssārium,
aerārium,
tripudium,
vāsārium,
comitium,
dictābolārium,
xenium, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From praeses (“guardian, defender”) + -ium or praesideō (“to guard, defend”) + -ium.
Verbs referencing "praesidium"
English Nouns
presidium, Italian Nouns
presidium, Swedish Nouns
presidium, English Nouns
presidio, Italian Nouns
presidio, Catalan Nouns
presidi, English Nouns
praesidium, German Nouns
Präsidium, Russian Nouns
президиум, Finnish Nouns
presidiumi, Romanian Nouns
prezidiu, Ukrainian Nouns
президія, Portuguese Nouns
presídio, Danish Nouns
præsidium, Spanish Nouns
presillo.
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