consul
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From Latin cōnsul.
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consul (plural consuls)
- An official residing in a foreign country in order to protect the interests of citizens from his or her nation.
- (historical) Either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman Republic.
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official who protects the interests of citizens
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either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic
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- IPA: /ˈkɔnzʏl/
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consul c. (plural consuls)
- consul (official in foreign country)
- (historical) consul (of the Roman Republic)
[edit] French
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From Latin cōnsul.
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- IPA: /kɔ̃.syl/
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consul m. (plural consuls; feminine consule, plural consules)
- (historical) consul (Roman official)
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Bas-relief of Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Sabinianus Pompeius (consul 517 AD) in consular garb.
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Maybe related with the Latin verb consulere but details are not clear.[1]
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cōnsul (genitive cōnsulis); m, third declension
- consul; either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic, elected annually
- 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)
- O tempora, o mores! Senatus haec intellegit, consul videt; hic tamen vivit. Vivit?
- "Shame on the age and on its principles! The senate is aware of these things; the consul sees them; and yet this man lives. Lives!"
- O tempora, o mores! Senatus haec intellegit, consul videt; hic tamen vivit. Vivit?
- 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)
- a proconsul
- the highest magistrate in other states
- an epithet of the god Jupiter
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| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōnsul | cōnsulēs |
| genitive | cōnsulis | cōnsulum |
| dative | cōnsulī | cōnsulibus |
| accusative | cōnsulem | cōnsulēs |
| ablative | cōnsule | cōnsulibus |
| vocative | cōnsul | cōnsulēs |
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Roman consul on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Roman consul
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- ^ “console” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2
- consul in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879