praestes

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

praestĕs, ĭtis, comm. [2. praesto], in relig. lang., an epithet of deities,

presiding , protecting; as subst., a protector , guardian , president , etc. (poet. and post-class.): praestitem in eādem significatione dicebant antiqui, quā nunc dicimus antistitem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 223 Müll.: praestitibus Laribus, Ov. F. 5, 129: versus Orphici Liberum εὐβουλῆα vocantes, boni consilii hunc deum praestitem monstrant, Macr. S. 1, 18; Mart. Cap. 2, 40: PRAESTITI JOVI, Inscr. Grut. 22, 1.

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