praefectus
Perfect passive participle of praeficiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈfek.tus/, [präe̯ˈfɛkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preˈfek.tus/, [preˈfɛkt̪us]
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.
| Case | 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.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | praefectus | praefecta | praefectum | praefectī | praefectae | praefecta | |
| Genitive | praefectī | praefectae | praefectī | praefectōrum | praefectārum | praefectōrum | |
| Dative | praefectō | praefectō | praefectīs | ||||
| Accusative | praefectum | praefectam | praefectum | praefectōs | praefectās | praefecta | |
| Ablative | praefectō | praefectā | praefectō | praefectīs | |||
| Vocative | praefecte | praefecta | praefectum | praefectī | praefectae | praefecta | |
Verb
praefectus