praeesset

praeesset is a Latin form of praesum, meaning “be in charge of (+dat.)”. It is the 3rd person singular imperfect active subjunctive.

Found 40 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 3.101: … t Phoenicum et Cilicum in Siciliam venit, et cum esset Caesaris classis divisa in duas partes, dimidiae parti praeesset P. Sulpicius praetor ad Vibonem, dimidiae M. Pomponius ad Messanam, prius Cassius ad Messanam navibus advolav …

All forms of praesum (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.