prō-consul (also separately, prō consŭle; v. pro, II. B. 2.; and abbreviated, procos.), is, m.
I One who at the close of his consulship in Rome became governor of a province , or military commander under a governor; a proconsul , Cic. Div. 2, 36, 76: Domitium proconsulem arcessivit, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 902 P.: agendas pro praetoribus, prove consulibus grates, Tac. A. 15, 22: L. Manilius Procos., Caes. B. G. 3, 20.—
B Transf., of an ex-praetor made governor of a province : (Gellius) cum pro consule ex praeturā in Graeciam venisset, Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53; Liv. 37, 46.—
2 = propraetor, Liv. 39, 29, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 33, 25, 9; 35, 22, 6 al.—
II Under the emperors, who shared the provinces with the Senate, a governor in one of the provinces of the Senate , Suet. Aug. 47; Gai. Inst. 4, 139.—
B Of municipal officers , Vulg. Act. 19, 38.