consul
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin cōnsul.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
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.
- (historical) One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804.
- (obsolete) A senator; a counsellor.
- Shakespeare
- Many of the consuls, raised and met, / Are at the duke's already.
- Bible, Job. iii. 14 (Douay version)
- With kings and consuls of the earth.
- Shakespeare
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Translations [edit]
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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Dutch [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈkɔnzʏl/
Noun [edit]
consul c (plural consuls)
- consul (official in foreign country)
- (historical) consul (of the Roman Republic)
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin cōnsul.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /kɔ̃.syl/
Noun [edit]
consul m (plural consuls; feminine consule, plural consules)
- (historical) consul (Roman official)
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Jèrriais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin cōnsul (“consul”).
Noun [edit]
consul m (plural consuls)
Related terms [edit]
- consulat (“consulate”)
Latin [edit]
Bas-relief of Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Sabinianus Pompeius (consul 517 AD) in consular garb.
Etymology [edit]
Maybe related with the Latin verb consulere but details are not clear.[1]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
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
Inflection [edit]
| 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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Descendants [edit]
See also [edit]
Roman consul on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Roman consul
References [edit]
- ^ “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
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