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praesidium
praesĭdĭum, ii, n. [praeses]. I Lit., a presiding over; hence, defence , protection , help , ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
PRAESI´DIUM the name of several fortified places established by the Romans.
1. In Lusitania, on the Douro. ( Itin. Ant. p. 428.)
2. In Baetica, on the road from the mouth of the Anas to Emerita ( Ib. 431); thought by some to be S. Lucar de Guadiana.
3. In Gallaecia, not far from the Douro. ( Ib. 422.)
4. In Britannia Romana, in the territory of the Cornavii ( Not. Imp. ), supposed to be Warwick. (Camden, p. 602.) [T.H.D]
praesĭdĭum, ii, n. [praeses]. I Lit., a presiding over; hence, defence , protection , help , ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.